the building itself is today the Helmsley Middletowne Hotel, 148 East 48th Street, but I still don't know if it was a Hotel back in the late 70's The address was 148 East 48th Street and there's actually still a tailor in the premises Finally the location of Phil's Men's Shop is found. Le Directoire / Le Twinkie Zone was located in 160 East 48th Street Phil's Men's Shop was located in 148 East 48th Street (also refered to as 792 Third Ave) GIRL DON'T MAKE ME WAIT/POP COLLAGE/LOVE SHOOK - Pattie BrooksĬLUB #6: Le Directoire / Le Twinkie Zone ? GOT TO HAVE YOUR LOVE/FIRE DOWN BELOW - Fantastic Four Ozkar was also the DJ and had earlier been DJ'ing with Nicky Siano at Buttermilk Bottom. from January 1982 to February 1983 the place was run as Phoenix Productions, which was Ozkar Fuller and Randy Flood. Michael Fesco now runs the Sunday SeaTea cruises Flamingo was where they started those Black Parties, White Parties and Cowboy Parties Flamingo had a very exclusive clientele, lots of doctors, lawyers, not off-the-street people members had to have three members recommend to get a membership 600 dollars membership subscription per year Michael Fesco club owner and promoter, a former Broadway dancer YOU GONNA MAKE ME LOVE SOMEBODY ELSE - Jones Girls LOVE MAGIC - John Davis & The Monster Orchestra I'VE GOT THE NEXT DANCE - Deniece Williams HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU - Bonnie Pointer special effects: fluttering fabric flames, floating aluminun strips, neon wheels, strobe lights, poles of flickering red and yellow lights and the legendary half-moonĪIN'T NOTHING GONNA KEEP ME FROM YOU - Teri DeSarioĭISCO CHOO CHOO/DANCE FREAK & BOOGIE - Nightlife Unlimited John "Jellybean" Benitez (Guest) ( photo)ĭwayne Holt (1982-84) ( photo Studio 54) Lauren Lawrence / Jamie Monster / Scott Mandell / Les Mills around the corner, on 80 Grove Street, the Monster opened in 1982 and it's still there Salvation closed after the mob had threatened to murder Bradley, a destiny Bobby had already faced Richard Roundtree, more known as 'Shaft' from the 'blaxploitation' movies, worked as a bouncer/doorman of Salvation in the late 60's Jim Morrison was also seen there once by Lauren Lawrence, he even tried to pick her up on the dance floor Celebs like Faye Dunaway, Liza Minelli, The Yardbirds, Marisa Berenson and Mia Farrow used to visit Salvation Salvation was all red inside and had a circular dance floor with all the seats going around it, sort of arena style where people could sit and watch the dancers, like the Coliseum or a roman ampitheatre Faye's boyfriend Jerry Schatzberg was the co-owner of Salvation along with Bradley Pierce and Bobby Woods in the late sixties to early seventies the place was a disco called Salvation (where Fay Dunaway was on the board of directors) Manhattan South was more of a bar and not really a club
the Building was torn down in 1982 to make way for "Deutsche Bank" Building many special effects: laser beam light, neon bolts, revolving spotlights, fountains of smoke pour from the ceiling
super-cool look with gray flannel walls, Chinese red lacquer surfaces, lots of glass and polished metal membership club, non-members admitted when there is room disco was located in the famed old Toots Shor restaurant since 1986 it's "The Bailey-Holt House", a hospice for people with AIDS about the same time the River Hotel opened, the Club became Uncle Charlie's Village in 1982 the building was converted into a posh hotel called "The River Hotel", with a glassed-in sixth-floor restaurant with river view called La Grande Corniche the building was built in 1858 as the Great Eastern Hotel in the '70's the ground floor was "The Cock Ring" and upstairs was "The Hotel Christopher" was a cock fighting ring - hense the name Please mail me any and all information you have. Or - Have you got additional information on the already known clubs? what happend to the club/building, whether it was a Gay- or a Straight-club and how popular it was.Ĭan YOU identify any of the still "unknown" clubs? Great interest in completing the information with club name, the address, the active years, the names of Resident-DJs and I, together with my friend Steffen of HotDiscoMix, have In Albert Goldman's book "Disco" (1978) the following 22 clubs are shown, but without reference of which clubs Please, help out to identify the clubs in these pictures