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The Cocoanut Grove Fire

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Coconut Grove Nightclub Fire

In 2021, the Boston City Council awarded $250,000 in Community Preservation Act funds for a memorial at Statler Park. The current proposed design for this memorial involves a set of three archways to resemble that arched entryway into Coconut Grove. A documentary called Six Lock Doors played at various film festivals in 2019. As of when we're recording this, there are two known survivors of the fire who were still living,. Both of them were only 18 when the fire happened. That's a rough one. Do you have some listener mail? I do.

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