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yup, tis true. this is from a buddy of mine: AUG 14, 2001 2 Troubled Midtown Nightclubs Sold at Auction By KATHERINE E. FINKELSTEIN Two problem-plagued Manhattan nightclubs, both owned by Peter Gatien, the former nightlife magnate, were up for sale yesterday at an auction in bankruptcy court in Manhattan. One of the clubs, the Limelight, which was in a former Episcopal church at 20th Street and the Avenue of the Americas, was sold for $3.2 million to Flatiron Entertainment LLC, which plans to use the space for an upscale discotheque, an Off Off Broadway theater, a cabaret and a site for corporate parties. The auction of the other club, the Tunnel, at 27th Street and 12th Avenue, was postponed until next Tuesday, because interested buyers needed more time to organize their bids, according to Alan Klinger, one of Mr. Gatien's lawyers. Some of the money from the Limelight sale will go toward paying $1.95 million in back rent that Mr. Gatien owes, and $864,000 in back taxes, according to Ethan Geto, a spokesman for Flatiron Entertainment. Mr. Gatien was one of the city's most influential club impresarios in the 1980's. But in the 1990's, as Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani accelerated his crackdown on quality-of-life offenses, Mr. Gatien attracted the attention of government prosecutors. In 1998, federal prosecutors accused Mr. Gatien of turning the Limelight and the Tunnel into drug bazaars. He was acquitted. But Mr. Gatien and his wife, Alessandra, pleaded guilty in January 1999 to state tax-evasion charges, agreeing to spend 90 days in jail and pay $1.88 million in back taxes and fines. That same month, an 18-year-old died in the Tunnel of a drug overdose after combining Ecstasy with ketamine, an anesthetic known as Special K. Police raids and arrests at the clubs continued until Mr. Gatien agreed to outside monitoring. Problems at the Tunnel continued, however. In February 2000, a 27- year-old man was shot there. And last April, a 16-year-old was stabbed to death and a man was shot twice during a brawl involving clubgoers who had been ejected from the club. Yesterday, Mr. Geto made much of what he called a trouble-free relationship that one of Flatiron's owners, John Blair, had in promoting parties that have drawn no noise complaints. Flatiron's promotional material says that a "zero-tolerance policy towards illegal drug use both on and around the premises will be enforced at all times." The company claimed that patrons at its clubs, unlike those of some other clubs, are likely to be older than the patrons Limelight had attracted. One of Mr. Gatien's lawyers, Benjamin Brafman, said yesterday that Mr. Gatien had had no choice but to turn to bankruptcy court, where he believed he would get fair treatment.

wow, i had an amazing amazing weekend - i didn't want it to end, so i called in sick yesterday and continued partying. big kisses to all i saw this weekend - hope we can do it again sometime. ps does anyone know who the "special guest appearance" at buzz was? rumor was that it was going to be madonna herself. :)

have awesome weekends!!!!

okay, i'm jealous :( cool link - thanks!!!!

heehee, that's awesome!!! :)

:D:D:D i'm evil sometimes

yup!

i'll shoot u piggedy

no can do pgiddy's on my shit list i'll prolly go to 1223 though

REALLY?????? eggy, are u sure? that would rock b/c i don't want to go to madonnarama at buzz, i doubt that buster will be @ 5 tonight, and red on friday nights isn't my cup of tea speaking of, though, shady, a1wave, and few others and i had a really fun time there last night!!!!!! saeed was nice enough to drop vaiio - rapture, per my request, and he was played nat monday - waiting, electric avenue (the new remix)!!!!!, sono - keep control, etc etc. fun fun fun!!!!! shady - email me, i think i deleted your email addy. oops!!!

check your pm's

so now you're trying to kiss up? NADA :D:D

heehee, he came to MY apt, not yours!!!! :) BUT, you got his email....so we're even :)

def. not buster, nice try, play again :)

egg doesn't come out to play very often...he's usually holed up at cafe asia....

i resent the dog comment, i'm not gonna talk 2 u any more a1 - he means red is red and if i'm not mistaken, tonight is saeed @ red, as in saeed & palash!

you have to change it in your profile...and then it takes like almost a week or something for the emails to stop hmmm, i'm trying to gather some peeps to do something...maybe red, elysium, etc etc

heeheehee, hiya!!!! what's shaking??? :D:D:D:D:D:D r u going out tonight??

byebyeeeeeee

LOL!!!!! piggedy, whoever u are, u are tres fun and i like u. :) too bad u're in ny. if u're ever in dc, come out and play!!! :D:D:D:D

do i know uuuuu????? u remind me of someone else who says "beantown".....then again, he didn't know eggy though eggy doesn't come out and play too often....where is he today??? i'll email him :)

hmmm, i've heard of irving but i don't think it's in a great area of town. do you know what cross street it's by? mon, tues - i THINK red is open, but i'm not sure. i know that 1223 is open on tues, at least, but i'm not a huge fan of the place. i'm probably going to red sometime this weekend, so i'll ask. :)

oh, so you're a LURKER, huh??? :):) come out & play w/ us this weekend! house parties on friday and saturday (not my house) :):)

whoever u are, u are making me laugh :D:D:D:D:D i don't think u're egg, but u must be someboday i know b/c u knew my name ahhhh, the mysteryyyyyyyyyyyy

none of the above - slow ticket sales. :(