chris817 Posted December 19 Report Share Posted December 19 end of an eraDecember 19, 2006 -- The former Episcopal church that once housed the sacrilegious Limelight nightclub will be born again - as a retail mini-mall. Now known as the Avalon nightclub, the legendary 12,000-square-foot venue on Sixth Avenue at West 20th Street will shutter its doors in early 2007. "The landlord has decided that he doesn't want to go forward with another nightclub," said broker Frank Terzulli, of Winnick Realty Group. "He's going to cut it up for retail tenants and a restaurant with patio seating." Terzulli added, "The area is becoming more upscale with high-priced condos and stores, and that will make it more difficult to get permits from the community board" for a nightclub. Cops have been cracking down on Chelsea nightclubs and their rowdy and sometimes violent patrons since the murder last summer of 18-year-old Jennifer Moore, who was killed after a night of drinking at the Guest House nightspot. Officials have warned club owners that they will conduct more stings on underage drinking and insist that the clubs do more to police themselves. Community leaders have also complained about Chelsea's club-filled districts, which have been blasted as a "teenage wasteland." Landlord Ben Ashkenazy's company, Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp., owns and operates several retail malls and the three flagship Barneys stores in New York, Chicago and Beverly Hills. Sources say international discount-clothing retailer H&M is the likely main tenant for the space, which features triple-height ceilings and mezzanine levels. A representative for Winnick would not confirm any specific names, since no leases have yet been signed. Limelight, founded in the deconsecrated church in 1983, hosted some of clubland's wildest parties in the '80s and early '90s under now-deported club king Peter Gatien. In 1996, federal agents charged that Limelight was a "drug supermarket" and shut it down. Gatien was acquitted of racketeering and drug charges but convicted of tax evasion. He spent time in jail and was eventually deported to his native Canada. That same year, one of the club's flamboyant promoters, Michael Alig, pleaded guilty to manslaughter for killing Angel Melendez, a club regular and reputed drug dealer over a money dispute. He's still in jail. Limelight reopened under new management but was shuttered again in 2002. It came back to life in November of that year as the short-lived Estate. Avalon followed a few months later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danihawk Posted December 19 Report Share Posted December 19 that sucks...I never made it to Limelight but a lot of my friends loved it and that is such a cool building that have a club in. That area seems to be turning into a shopping mall very fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKDJ Posted December 19 Report Share Posted December 19 oh daaaaaaaa memorieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
growinupjersey Posted December 19 Report Share Posted December 19 another legendary night club flushed down the toilet of new york city......New york definately does suck now and well has been sucking for the past 5 years or probably more. Im convinced by the cocaine stories my dad told me about while partying at limelight and studio 54 that the 80's were the best time to party in. Im just so pissed that i missed growing up in that era. New york city will never be the same or as fun as it was back then......RIP Limelight.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris817 Posted December 19 Author Report Share Posted December 19 that sucks...I never made it to Limelight but a lot of my friends loved it and that is such a cool building that have a club in. That area seems to be turning into a shopping mall very fast The whole city is a shopping mall.. almost like disney world.. I'm just glad i got to grow up here when it was NYC not this circus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomembername Posted December 19 Report Share Posted December 19 I Miss The Hookers On 42nd Street Which Literally Did Turn In To A Disney Store Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolahotass Posted December 19 Report Share Posted December 19 RIP limelight.. i had great memories every time i visited the club whilst in the city Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starscream Posted December 20 Report Share Posted December 20 lick it lounge weds @ limelight than save the robots for afterhours was the place to be back in the early 90's.disco 20000 was a little over the top for me.ahhh and bump sundays was alot of fun too.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimk29 Posted December 20 Report Share Posted December 20 Disco 2000 was the shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diva421d Posted December 20 Report Share Posted December 20 another legendary night club flushed down the toilet of new york city......New york definately does suck now and well has been sucking for the past 5 years or probably more. Im convinced by the cocaine stories my dad told me about while partying at limelight and studio 54 that the 80's were the best time to party in. Im just so pissed that i missed growing up in that era. New york city will never be the same or as fun as it was back then......RIP Limelight....Yep,the 80' and 90's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaveom Posted December 20 Report Share Posted December 20 "Club Kids"wow i wonders if any of them are still alive lolbut yea i agree, pretty soon NYC wont have any entertainment venues at all the way shit is going now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAZE Posted December 20 Report Share Posted December 20 Disco 2000 w/ Keoki in the early nineties was the best. I also remember DJ Repete playing hardcore techno. Boy has the scene changed for the worse.Hellz YEA!! I lived at that place from 1994-1996. I was there 4 nights a week.lick it lounge weds @ limelight than save the robots for afterhours was the place to be back in the early 90's.disco 20000 was a little over the top for me.ahhh and bump sundays was alot of fun too..Disco 2000 was the shit HOT BODY CONTEST!!!!:cry:This sucks. I have to go there when they're tearing it down and grab a piece of it for memories.Angel Melendez was a good friend of mine, RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starscream Posted December 20 Report Share Posted December 20 Hellz YEA!! I lived at that place from 1994-1996. I was there 4 nights a week. HOT BODY CONTEST!!!!:cry:This sucks. I have to go there when they're tearing it down and grab a piece of it for memories.Angel Melendez was a good friend of mine, RIP Angel had the sick goods!!He was always soo quiet.i wouldnt see him at limelight cuz like i said i wasnt into the whole disco 2000 thing but mondays sugarbabies @ The Bank he would be there in his wings and platforms and i would be like Angel how do you do you walk in those? he would always be smiling.Great guy...Great era! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghhhhhost Posted December 20 Report Share Posted December 20 sometimes u gota feed a nigga drano..nah mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidoolongo Posted December 20 Report Share Posted December 20 I have to go there when they're tearing it downAre they tearing it down? I thought they couldn't because it's a Landmark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techcetera Posted December 20 Report Share Posted December 20 doesnt surprise me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deefex Posted December 20 Report Share Posted December 20 they are not tearing it down, they are making rooms inside. like dividing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidoolongo Posted December 20 Report Share Posted December 20 Shopping mall in a church... prophetic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bella53081 Posted December 21 Report Share Posted December 21 Shopping mall in a church... prophetic!are u referring to a specific prediction .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidoolongo Posted December 21 Report Share Posted December 21 are u referring to a specific prediction ....No, just an extrapolation of the notion of religious consumerism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
growinupjersey Posted December 21 Report Share Posted December 21 sometimes u gota feed a nigga drano..nah mean?oh shit hahahahahahah, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bella53081 Posted December 21 Report Share Posted December 21 No, just an extrapolation of the notion of religious consumerism.ok i thought perhaps u were referring to a reference in the bible or something about a sign of the end of times like when children will kill their parents, etc. in revelation or that whole nostradamus prediction about the 2 birds crashing in the sky....or some other religious document... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidoolongo Posted December 21 Report Share Posted December 21 ok i thought perhaps u were referring to a reference in the bible or something ...I'm sure some hippie prophesized it in the 60s or 70s. Maybe Joni Mitchell in a first draft or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAZE Posted December 22 Report Share Posted December 22 Not funny Serg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielia Posted December 23 Report Share Posted December 23 Imagine walking into Limelight/Avalon and shopping or eating there? Talk about WEIRD!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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