Tourist attraction
Printers Alley
Gaslit cobblestone lane of former print shops turned speakeasies, bars and late-night clubs.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Printers Alley in downtown Nashville centers on David Schulman, the longtime Mayor of Printers Alley, who bought the basement Rainbow Room in nineteen forty-eight and ran it fifty years as a magnet for touring musicians and late-night regulars. It traces the gaslit, cobblestone lane's earlier life as home to newspapers and Prohibition-era speakeasies. You will hear about the night, deep into his eighties, when two strangers came down those stairs. Stand at the top of the old Rainbow Room doorway while you listen.
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