Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
And for the record those nightclubs were so full of drugs it was ridiculous. And yes no one wants scummy people like that regardless of their sexual orientation or race hanging around the neighborhood. So the real estate interests petitioned to have them shut down and Manhattan and NYC are all the better for it.
Again goodbye and good riddance.
Not every person or every gay person in NYC liked the club scene when it existed btw.
k:works for me !!!
and that was part of the fun!!!!
^ Community boards don't approve liquor licenses. The State Liquor Authority does.
But yes, I agree. Community boards have become the mouthpieces of NIMBYS, who strangely wants to live in bucolic silence in a big, gritty city.
Community Boards are full of two main sorts of persons; middle aged or old people who remember what they did when young and don't want their children to be around such things and or those that didn't get any/weren't included when young and are still bitter about it.
^ Community boards don't approve liquor licenses. The State Liquor Authority does.
But yes, I agree. Community boards have become the mouthpieces of NIMBYS, who strangely wants to live in bucolic silence in a big, gritty city.
The SLA in it's approval process certainly take input from the community boards. If the community board of an area opposes a new liquor license the SLA will not approve.
It's extremely difficult to get new approvals for liquor licenses for bars or liquor stores in any neighborhood that has even the slightest hint of gentrification. Even in non gentrified neighborhoods it's hard to get a liquor license for those purposes due to the community boards. Restaurants can get liquor licenses more easily.
k:works for me !!!
and that was part of the fun!!!!
At least you're honest. LOL
Of course nobody wants that in a neighborhood where they pay good money for, especially if a sketchy crowd is coming from other areas.
It's gotten a lot better, but at one point it seemed like half of Newark, and a good chunk of the outer boroughs was hanging out in West Village on Christopher Street. The community boards took care of that and the most notorious bars for attracting bad crowds are already closed.
^ Why choose to live in the West Village if all you want is quiet suburbia?
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
k:
