{"id":41,"featured":0,"modified":"2025-03-27 17:24:09","latitude":40.4432184,"longitude":-79.9800374,"title":"Workingmen's Civic Club","address":"407 Devilliers Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219","thumbnail":"https:\/\/hillhistory.org\/files\/square_thumbnails\/16d652dec11c1795e471468eec8609d2.jpg","creator":[],"description":"Now demolished, the Workingmen's Civic Club was a hotspot for music and entertainment. The club reached the height of its popularity in the 1960s, and inspired scenes in four of August Wilson's plays: <em>Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Seven Guitars, Two Trains Running,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Jitney<\/em>.","sponsor":"","subtitle":"","accessinfo":"","lede":"\"I went down the Workmen's Club. They had Kenny Fisher down there. You couldn't hardly get in. I ain't never seen so many people.\"\r\nPhilmore, \"Jitney\"","website":"","related_resources":["Glasco, Laurence A. August Wilson: Pittsburgh Places in His Life and Plays. Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation, 2015."],"files":{"https:\/\/hillhistory.org\/files\/fullsize\/16d652dec11c1795e471468eec8609d2.jpg":{"id":144,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","title":"Workingmen&#039;s Civic Club exterior","thumbnail":"https:\/\/hillhistory.org\/files\/square_thumbnails\/16d652dec11c1795e471468eec8609d2.jpg","description":"Exterior of Workingmen\u2019s Civic Club, with large glass block window and sign on door inscribed \u201cSide Door Please\u201d  | <a href=\"https:\/\/collection.carnegieart.org\/?creator=%22Charles+%E2%80%9CTeenie%E2%80%9D+Harris%22\">Charles \"Teenie\" Harris Collection<\/a>, Carnegie Museum of Art | Charles \u201cTeenie\u201d Harris"}}}