A trip to 125 will never be the same without this historic harlem landmark. The spot is due to close at the end of the year due to high rent.

According to the New York Amsterdam News [via Black Enterprise]:

The Lenox Lounge, located on Lenox Avenue between 124^th & 125^th street which has served as a venue for jazz legends such as Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane, will serve its last drink at the end of the year, marking the end of an era in Harlem.

The lounge, which was originally opened as a speakeasy in 1939, rose to fame as a dinner club catering to white patrons. The main act was the Haba Haba Girls, a chorus line of black women. [READ MORE]