If you went to see live music (opera and classical excepted) between
February, 1974 and February 2004, you almost certainly went to The
Bottom Line, located on West 4th and Mercer Streets in Greenwich
Village.  I was there so many times that I knew about sound quirks (sit
at the first seats at the front tables and you'll hear the show off the
monitors, not the house system), remember the experiments undertaken and abandoned (the
free but mandatory coat check) and can tell you about the best places
to find parking around the club.  But eventually there was a dispute
between the club and their landlord (NYU as it turns out) and to make a
long story short, in February 2004, two weeks before its 30th
anniversary, The Bottom Line was history.

But believe it or not that was not the end of the story.  Allan Pepper,
one of the owners of The Bottom Line obtained financing for a
replacement space and started a search.  Since 2004, there were some
false starts, and ultimately the stars did not align.  About 18 months
ago, there was a New York Times article which said that Allan was now
looking in Brooklyn.

Flash forward to today.  Allan says he has found "an ideal location,
23,000 square feet, three blocks from public transportation, plenty of
parking available, and a landlord who thinks The Bottom Line is an
iconic institution and should have a permanent home."  I asked Allan if
it is in Brooklyn but he told me that it is not.

Here's the kicker, though: now that there's an affordable space
available, the financing that was formerly available no longer is.  So
Allan is looking for investors.  If the idea of being a backer of The
Bottom Line appeals to you or someone you know, you can contact Allan
here. 

 –Eliot Wagner