Part of HuffPost Entertainment. Wed cut em with those Slingline papercutters and hand em out at Mars and other spots. Beatrice Inn, 2006 - 2009. However, JFK reportedly preferred the quieter Champagne Room, a private dining area in the back of the club. Learn More. The records that came out of these borderless scenes soon became the soundtrack of the entire city and beyond, with Blondies Rapture, Afrika Bambaataas Planet Rock, the Peech Boys Dont Make Me Wait and Madonnas Holiday effortlessly crossing genres, cliques and, soon, oceans. Lawrence first escaped to New York in the early 90s at a sensitive time in his life, following the sudden death of both parents and an early crisis of professional faith at BBC Newsnight. During those eight years, Gregoire Alessandrini was able to witness a unique atmosphere, which he share now with us: "The city had obviously tremendously changed since the 70's and 80's but you just had to walk around the corner, enter any downtown dive bar to find the signs and remains of this legendary NY. 06/27/16. The other took place in a Bushwick warehouse, and marked the long-awaited return of Andrew Weatherall, who came of DJing age in acid-house London and Manchester (helping produce some of that eras greatest records) and continues to mix moods tinged with dub and psychedelia. Gatien thought since folks generally hang out in the bathrooms at clubs, why not put a bar in the center of the bathroom with some seating? The fashions were witty, playful, and bold. E. Jean Carroll: A fixture of New York night life, media before suit So I was shocked when I got that call a few days later, asking if I wanted to play the opening slot at their new party the coming Friday. The stage at The Roxy. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. Centro Fly Much like Avenue is going for the gastrolounge ethos, Centro-Fly sought to create a more sophisticated setting for the aging crowd who had grown tired of hard core dance halls like Area and Vinyl. The space pioneered a lot of lighting and projection effects, and hosted early electronic music performances by Terry Riley and Morton Subotnick. If you enjoyed reading this, please click the below. And I remember going downstairs and hearing Stretch do a live blend of R. Kelly Your Bodys Callin over the instrumental of Jerus Come Clean that blew my mind and had the main dance floor in a sweaty rhapsody. For almost 20 years, those photos sat in Glams apartment in New York. Located in Chelsea, the once warehouse terminal was transformed into an epic nightclub where a who's who of Hip-Hop came to party. The grimy The World on East 2nd Street, the spacious Building on 26th Street (where I went to Powerhouse parties) and the spooky Palladium were all sites of fun for me. The Academy was a fancy concert hall that hosted mid-'90s gigs by Sonic Youth, The Smashing Pumpkins, Pavement, Marilyn Manson, and Blur. The venues didnt matter to me. One of its most legendary parties, besting even the infamous pajama party and "Lovers and Other Strangers" theme, was "The Greatest Show on Earth," a Barnum-esque debauch featuring everything from ringleaders to trained animals to acrobatsall naked. newsletter, Another Chinatown Is Growing in Manhattan, Around 15 Hells Kitchen Chinese restaurants show the influence of the cuisine around the neighborhood, A popular vegetarian burger restaurant in the East Village and a superlative Chinese restaurant in Hells Kitchen join the list this month, Sign up for the Visual artist Walt Cassidy, who partied with the Club Kids, documented the uniquely self-indulgent era of nightlife through provocative images in his book New York: Club Kids. So much action and a communal vibe of everyone moving their bodies to the beat. There were a lot of incentives for being extravagant. The mythology was that New York was this hellhole of dysfunctionality, crime, murder, and garbage piled on the streets, says Lawrence. This commercial building was home to the Beach Haven, Staten Island's sole lesbian bar in the 1970s and early 1980s. In my mothers house, among the many family photos in the living room, sits, inexplicably, a flyer from Sweet Thang (a Tuesday night party I DJed for several years) in a very nice sterling silver frame. Something for everyone interested in hair, makeup, style, and body positivity. Pictured: The Rolling Stones at Danceteria promoting their album Emotional Rescue. The place is so legendary that its famously filthy toilets were recreated for a punk art exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, but these days the building is the home of a retail outlet for menswear designer John Varvatos. Jack did the earliest flyers. Above all, these ten clubs mastered the art of debauchery and earned a place in nightlife history. As a visual person, wherever I pointed my camera, there was an explosion of fabulousness to capture. Better yet, you could dance to that transformation. The Palladium on 126 East 14th St. was both a cavernous dance club early episodes of Club MTV were shot there and a venue that hosted gigs by The Clash, The Rolling Stones, Devo, Public Image Ltd, 2 Live Crew, and Fugazi. Pictured: Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz at the legendary nightclub. The Limelight was a nightclub that was an epicenter for "club kid" culture in the '90s, and a rock venue that hosted a lot of industrial and post-punk bands like Foetus, Gang of Four, Cop Shoot Cop, and New Model Army. In their place, smaller clubs like Tunnel opened in Chelsea, and that's when Glam said the club kidsyoung, outlandishly dressed people who partied several times a weekemerged. Visit NYCgo for official NYC nightlife information, including historic New York bars and lounges, like McSorley's, 21 Club, Pete's Tavern and. Purchase No Sleep at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other fine retailers. As time went on, I was going out to find new spaces for these parties. But this seal of approval sort of made me downtown famous which was more than enough for me. The Great Nightlife Venues That Came And Went in the Aughts
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