Talk:First Avenue (nightclub)

merge proposal

Discussion is on Talk:7th Street Entry. Natalie 16:41, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

They both have there own historys. I have gone to both for years. Linking them as they are now works great. Lets leave it as is.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.72.220.211 (talk • contribs) 00:11, 30 January 2007 (UTC).

So does 75.72.220.211 in all honesty believe that The Entry would merit its own Wikipedia article (and be able to fend off subsequent AfD nominations) if it had stood there all by its lonesome? —MURGH ^disc. 01:02, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

I agree with Murgh. They are physically inseparable, and neither is article is in danger of becoming too long. I believe that The Entry + The Mainroom = First Avenue. Sam murschel (talk) 16:51, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

I also agree with Murgh and Sam. If you look at First Avenue's website, you can see that First Avenue and 7th Street Entry are both mentioned. (There is not a separate website for 7th Street entry.) As far as I know, they have always been owned by the same people and 7th street entry seems to be a glorified name for a room connected onto First Avenue. --ElishaEp (talk) 00:05, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Since the consensus seems to be to merge the two pages together, I will go ahead and do that within the week. --ElishaEp (talk) 04:59, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Merged 7th street entry with first avenue under name username 75.72.32.5 --ElishaEp (talk) 02:28, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Clean up Article

This article may need to be cleaned of hyperbole, and generally worded a little more professionally. This is an important landmark for Minneapolitans like myself, but I think it could stand to be tweaked.

71.215.197.187 (talk) 17:09, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

I agree that First Avenue is a significant part of Minneapolis' culture and deserves to have a Wikipedia article presented with integrity. Some writing was embellished to the point where it read as shameless promotion. I cleaned it up!

Adding Sections

• I think a section about First Avenue's commitment to independence against national concert promotion conglomerates would be appropriate if it can be sourced. Sam murschel (talk) 16:54, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

• I would like to organize the information by making sections to separate the intro from the history, and write a little more about the closing and re-opening. Would it be appropriate to add another section and write some more about Fingerhut, McClellan, Meyers and Frank? Al Swenson (talk) 04:46, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

I also agree that there should be separate sections. I think that you could offer more information about the following people that you mentioned but try to make sure that you do not stray far from the main topic, First Avenue. I personally feel that just having a brief section on the owners and managers would suffice instead of adding "mini bios" on them. This way one would not have the temptation to stray to far from the topic. --ElishaEp (talk) 23:50, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

There should be a section on the history, the closing and re-opening would be a good sub-heading under the history section. I would like to add a section about Notable Events possibly? --ElishaEp (talk) 23:58, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

ElishaEp, I agree that the information discussing Fingerhut and the others I mentioned earlier seems sufficient. Al Swenson (talk) 04:17, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Pictures

Anyone know of any pictures we can use, maybe for the history or bands? Al Swenson (talk) 04:50, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Maybe someone can go downtown and take some pictures of First Ave to post on the article. It seems like quite a process to use others photos. However, I do feel like pictures would be a wonderful addition. Perhaps one of us could tackle the steps and get a old picture of the club on here. Kmajchrzak (talk) 23:29, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Adding a picture of the wall of stars that is outside the venue would be beneficial since that is one of the first things you see at First Ave. ctkach