Sim Barr<p>The Gaslight Cafe</p><p>The Greenwich Village coffeehouse opened in 1958. Originally it was a "basket house" where unpaid performers would pass around a basket at the end of each set in order to be paid. The cafe became a gathering place for beatniks, artists, poets, and folk singers with a large variety of performances.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/gaslightcafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaslightcafe</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/gaslightcoffeehouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaslightcoffeehouse</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/cafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cafe</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/coffeehouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coffeehouse</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/greenwichvillage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greenwichvillage</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/the60s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>the60s</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/thesixties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thesixties</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/the50s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>the50s</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/thefifties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thefifties</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/beatniks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beatniks</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/beatpoets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beatpoets</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/folksingers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folksingers</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/thevillage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thevillage</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/nyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nyc</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/thegaslight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thegaslight</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/thegaslightcafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thegaslightcafe</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/dickwoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dickwoods</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/cafelife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cafelife</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/baskethouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>baskethouse</span></a></p>