By Benjamin Leatherman | Phoenix New Times
It’s two weeks before The Van Buren opens, and its interior is alive with activity.Scores of workmen are busily installing fixtures, sanding doors, or tackling dozens of other details involved with finishing construction of the brand-new 20,000-square-foot downtown Phoenix music venue, which opens on August 23.
And at this moment, no one’s moving faster than Charlie Levy.
The local concert promoter and co-owner of The Van Buren is a ball of nervous energy as he quickly leads us on a tour through the venue, located in a historic building at Fourth Avenue and Van Buren Street that housed the Phoenix Motor Company dealership in 1939.
