“Word from a local New York City news source is the Brooklyn Banks will be closed until 2014 starting in the next month or so, due to bridge repairs and the need to use the area for parking. Yeah you read right, FIVE years. That’s a long, long time. The legendary spot has been host to numerous jams dating back to the early 90’s, and has taken over Union Square the primary meet-up spot in Manhattan in the past few years. Get your sessions in before the Banks prison sentence begins; it’s going to be a long time before those lovely red bricks see light beyond the confined links of a fence...” - Rob Dolecki