Professor Perretti, relying upon original sources, provides a fascinating account of nightclubs, speakeasies, and cabarets in New York City. In Chapter 3, Perretti describes earlier laws froom 1913 on regulating dance halls and establishing closing hours of 1:00 AM and the infatuation of the City with licensing of bathhouses, bootblack chairs, billiard parlors etc. Perretti at one place cites to Chevigny’s book, but omitted any of Chevigny’s claims of racism.
Unlike Chevigny who provides no citation to support his conjecture, Perretti cites to many articles available in the New York Times archives: example, Night Clubs’ Curfew Enters Another Cycle – Why Mayor Walker Determined They Must Close At 3 A.M. — Gaynor And Mitchel Also Had To Restrict Revelry During The Dark Hours. New York Times January 2, 1927.
