![]() ![]() Although many of these were true hole-in-the-walls or even “clip joints” that swindled their patrons, some were a notoriously good time. By 1930, Police Commissioner Grover Whalen estimated that there were around 32,000 speakeasies in New York. These speakeasies and clandestine night clubs flourished, and even laid the groundwork for city nightlife as we know it. Wiley city dwellers in particular became well-versed in sipping behind closed doors, in secret or lesser-known spaces often only accessible by password or through covert entrances. ![]() ![]() That’s not to say the 13 years that alcohol was banned in the U.S. On December 5, 1933, Prohibition was officially repealed to the delight of imbibers. ![]()
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