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And don't give up on your body ... !
Just about everyone at Shelter was from the far older-era - and far better was definitely my sense - club time. I loved them and learned a lot and appreciated the environment very much. I feel lucky to have had that experience.
And don't give up on your body ... !
Just about everyone at Shelter was from the far older-era - and far better was definitely my sense - club time. I loved them and learned a lot and appreciated the environment very much. I feel lucky to have had that experience.
oh yeah for sure, we have the memories that will last a life time. the kids of today have not a clue.
and yes, papa can still get down with the genie!!!! holla!!
And don't give up on your body ... !
Just about everyone at Shelter was from the far older-era - and far better was definitely my sense - club time. I loved them and learned a lot and appreciated the environment very much. I feel lucky to have had that experience.
I had a whole section of my closet dedicated to club attire. dresses, catsuits, clunky heels, stilettos. I really liked dressing up, with Century 21 being my go-to store. One of my kids remarked that one of my old dresses was short enough to be a shirt rather than a dress and found it hard to believe that I ever wore such a thing.
I don't long to return to my 20s, but I do have some fond memories of my club-going days.
New York is now a lounge and restaurant town, when it comes to the club scene! The less space, the less money in rent! Lounges' need to cover charge is less likely!
Oh, by the way, with $30 covers charges, people now either go to small lounges/restaurants, or to the outer boroughs!
dont forget years ago the meat packing area, anything west of 10th ave was no mans land, so it was the perfect place for all those clubs because of the wareouses that were there.
then this thing called real estate happened, and once the hudson river park was in the works and people and young families with kids (blech) (and im a parent also, lol) came in that ruined everything.....................
I went to a "New Years day night" party there. It was fun, danced till the sun came up and then some. I might have went a few more times after that don't really remember.
We go to the "Alegria" parties at Webster Hall, or where ever they have them, they are fun also, and im thinking martin luther weekedn we will go...
Santos Party House is another good club as well, as well as Capitale...and Splash....
I went to the last dance at "Roxy", they made it sound like the wrecking ball was going to be there the next day, and here it is 2015 ant it is still standing, that was a dam shame!!
also went to the last dance at "Palladium".......
I didnt make the last dance at "Limelight" though
as far a dress code, LOl, for the boyz there is none, the shirt is coming off within the first 6 minutes.....lol
I think what also happens is that the lease is finished and the owner just dont feel like doing it anymore. I know Splash was open for like 25 years, and im sure they were just over it......that was sad, we used to get in for free for about 10 years because of the special splash cards we had gotten from one of the promoters, still have......those were the days.......pop a pill, dance all night.....and boy did I have abs back them....................................
Bu now at my age, it doesnt matter, we dont do it as often as we used to, our bodies just cant do it anymore.......***sigh****
Chelsea, West Village etc... has become very conservative and that includes the gays who live over there. They fought Boots and Saddles from attempting to open in a new space on Seventh Avenue out of fears of "what the children might see" and the "sort of patrons" the place attracts.
Splash closed for pretty much the reasons one already mentioned; changes in way gay men socialize and changes in NYC in particular areas that once were mostly commercial now high end residential. Then of course there is the increased regulation and laws: http://www.nextmagazine.com/content/...after-22-years
Chelsea, West Village etc... has become very conservative and that includes the gays who live over there. They fought Boots and Saddles from attempting to open in a new space on Seventh Avenue out of fears of "what the children might see" and the "sort of patrons" the place attracts.
If you're paying a lot of money to live someplace the last thing you want is filth coming in from all over the metro area. One reason why crime went down in Manhattan is because they got rid of the clubs.
And let's be honest, Manhattan only had the number of clubs it had because of white flight and deindustrialization. There were a lot of cheap spaces that anyone could rent out and use as clubs.
Those places did not bring in good tax revenues to the city. I'm glad both Giuliani and Bloomberg wiped that scene out and replaced it with people with money.
I only knew about two - one was the coat guy. The people there had helped him.
Weird isn't the right word exactly.
I would say interesting and eclectic, certainly.
Agree about TR.
I see the troll is back, always a thread killer with each comment more wrong than the last.
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holla!!
