Where was Satan's Circus? (New York, York: wedding, theater, asbestos)

[Cida]

I just heard of it for the first time.

[nyctc7]

NYC's hottest club is Satan's Circus.

You'll be greeted at the door by a Muslim Elvis impersonator.

This club has everything, clones, freaks, geeks, Sherpas, congas, Jamaican nurses wearing shower caps, geezers, doo-wop groups, pickpockets, stun guns, Donald Trump Jr., asbestos, mole people, slurpies, tweekers, gypsies, grown men in wedding dresses, ice sculptures, winos, bear traps, a Russian guy who runs on a treadmill wearing a Cosby sweater, and a Mexican piñata (he blows chunks when you whack him with a broom).

[bluedog2]

Originally Posted by Cida

I just heard of it for the first time.

I think it's an old name for what used to be considered the "tenderloin" district which included the Times Sq area but was actually even bigger.

[bluedog2]

Just found this reference………the term is what I thought…..from late 1800's:http://www.amazon.com/Satans-Circus-.../dp/1400054729

[Cida]

Kind of odd if the absolutely only reference is on Amazon. Makes it sound sort of manufactured.

[D. Scott]

Craziest club name I ever heard. I bet it's a wilder place then the Mos Eisley cantina even! I was at the cantina once watching a live band and someone lost an arm.....

[bluedog2]

Originally Posted by Cida

Kind of odd if the absolutely only reference is on Amazon. Makes it sound sort of manufactured.

Well,I actually first heard the reference when I was in college which was a long time before the publication of the book referenced at Amazon.

Here is another reference:Tenderloin, Manhattan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Early in the 19th century, the major vice district had been located in what is now SoHo, called at the time "Hells' Hundred Acres", but as the city grew steadily northward, the theater district along Broadway and the Bowery moved uptown as well, as did the legitimate and illegitimate businesses that were usually connected with show business…………………..By the 1880s, the Tenderloin encompassed the largest number of nightclubs, saloons, bordellos, gambling casinos, dance halls and "clip joints" in New York City, to the extent that one estimate made in 1885 was that half of the buildings in the district were connected with vice.[5] Reformers referred to the area as "Satan's Circus,"

So,where did you first hear it ?

[Cida]

Originally Posted by bluedog2

Well,I actually first heard the reference when I was in college which was a long time before the publication of the book referenced at Amazon.

Here is another reference:Tenderloin, Manhattan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Early in the 19th century, the major vice district had been located in what is now SoHo, called at the time "Hells' Hundred Acres", but as the city grew steadily northward, the theater district along Broadway and the Bowery moved uptown as well, as did the legitimate and illegitimate businesses that were usually connected with show business…………………..By the 1880s, the Tenderloin encompassed the largest number of nightclubs, saloons, bordellos, gambling casinos, dance halls and "clip joints" in New York City, to the extent that one estimate made in 1885 was that half of the buildings in the district were connected with vice.[5] Reformers referred to the area as "Satan's Circus,"

So,where did you first hear it ?

I just ran across a reference but copied the phrase without saving the clipping, so not are where I saw it. Maybe it was even the same book title!

I like the term better than Hell's Kitchen.