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No sooner had we heard about all these superclubs"”which found everyone heralding the return of New York nightlife"”than many of the aforementioned clubs closed temporarily or permanently. The much hyped reopening of Estate @ Limelight was a dud, and the club is...
I think the only people who were convinced that this was a re-birth of nightlife were magazines like HX and NEXT who were eager to sell these large new cash caverns full-page ads (and as a seller of ads myself I understand this, but wishing doesn't make it so.)
I personally knew that Limelight didn't stand a chance when a friend told me he'd just paid $27 plus tip for two margaritas and a beer. We both laughed but we were pretty sure we wouldn't be back in THIS incarnation - but unlike many we two would be around for the next!
People in New York have had less money for while now, and they haven't stopped going out but they must pick and choose more, go out less, and be sure they will have an experience worth the trouble and money and time dressing when they do.
How this fact of life reconciled with the building of several large venues with multimillion dollar investments riding on them, I don't know, but after more than twenty years in clubs, I guess this is what keeps them fascinating.
I do ADORE Claire O'Connor, though...