It's where our heroes Billy Rhythm and Tharbis Jefferson dance for the first and last times, where the dancical's climatic dance contest takes place. With Chick Webb pounding the skins and Ella Fitzgerald singing.
Opening in 1926, it was America's first integrated ballroom. Now, like most of the historic Harlem Swing-era landmarks, it's just a memory and, at best, a plaque.
You can learn more about the Savoy by clicking the Harlem Swing Dance Society.
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