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1. A parking garage became a famous non alcoholic Disco with one of the best NYC sound systems from February 1978 - September 26, 1987, at 84 King Street. Chameleon was an earlier name for this club between December 1975 and Spring 1976. The huge dance floor had room for almost 2000 dancers, a roof deck patio and a movie room. What was the name of this members only club that mostly catered to black gay men ?
4. Between 1967 and September 1971 a East Village nightclub used hallucinogenic lighting, trapeze acts and sideshow acts to create an unforgettable venue. Bands that played there included The Grateful Dead, Velvet Underground, Mothers of Invention, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane and an early version of Blue Oyster Cult (Soft White Underbelly). The hedonistic atmosphere of this club manifested into the disco era. The four 1833 buildings were first used by German immigrants who called it Arlington Hall in 1888, by the 1920's it was the Polish National Home and restaurant (known as the Dom). A 1960 basement bar called Stanley's Bar leased out the Ballroom above them to present their show called Theater of Light. Warhol created the brief club Dom at this space in 1966, the Balloon Farm took over later that year. In 1967 Sensory Overload was presented and the new club was born (until a March 1970 dance floor bomb helped cause it to close 1 1/2 years later on August 7, 1971). What was the name of this legendary club in big blue buildings at 19-25 St. Marks street ?
6. A club with its Close Encounters ceiling was at 124 West 43rd Street from June 7, 1978 (after one premier night in May 1978) until 1984. This disco's 16-channel sound system was the most expensive in any NYC club. This famous club (that was a porno theatre in the 1960's) was featured in Sylvester Stallone's 1981 film Nighthawks. Andy Warhol, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall and Grace Jones danced at this club in the old 1918 Henry Miller theatre (NYC's first air-conditioned theater, whose façade was landmarked). What was the name of this famous club before it became the Kit Kat Club in 1997 and featured the play Urinetown in 2001 (the theatre closed in 2004 to make room for the 57-story Bank of America Tower) ?
10. Toots Shor's was the place to see and be seen at 51 West 51st Street. It's round bar would be filled by celebrities like Joe DiMaggio, Jackie Gleason, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Orson Welles, Yogi Berra, Jack Dempsey, Dwight Eisenhower, Frank Gifford, Walter Cronkite, Mike Wallace, Edward R. Murrow, Earl Warren, John F. Kennedy, Frank Costello, Jimmy Hoffa and Ernest Hemingway. Owner Bernard "Toots" Shor gave his ballplayer, actor and politician customers admiration, friendship, and male bonding. Chief Justice, Earl Warren was one of Toots closest pals, but that didn't help his tax problems after he sold the original location in 1959 and opened a new joint at 33 West 52nd street. In 1971 the doors were padlocked and he lost his famous clientele. Toots got away with insulting stars like they were just regular people. Toots biggest insult was calling them a piece of raisin cake, his biggest praise would be calling them a WHAT ?
14. Save The Robots (Ave B and 2nd), The Jefferson (West 14th Street), AM-PM (Vito Bruno), the Funhouse (526 West 26th Street), The Haven (1 Sheridan Square) and the Continental (Chelsea) were what kind of clubs ?
15. Roseland Ballroom opened in 1908 but closed due to WW1 but reopened on New Years Eve in 1919 with ragtime and jazz dancing. Roseland was NYC's famous Jazz venue from the 20's to the mid 50's. Jimmy Durante played the piano in the early days, but Roseland is more known for musicians like Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Count Basie, and Ella Fitzgerald. The largest of the Broadway dance halls, Roseland at 239 W 52nd Street is where you once could get a dance for a WHAT ?
16. A late 60's to early 70's all red Disco was located at 1 Sheridan Square. Fay Dunaway made the board of directors, because her boyfriend Jerry Schatzberg was one of the owners. What was this Disco called that Richard Roundtree (Shaft) worked as a bouncer in the late 1960's ?
17. Danceteria in March 1980 was first located at 252 West 37th Street. It moved to the old Interferon club at 30 West 21st Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) from Feb. 1982 until 1986. It's third and last location was at 30 East 30th Street between Madison and Park. Desperately Seeking Susan was shot at Danceteria. Madonna and Keith Haring worked in the coat room but what other celebrity (singer) worked in the bar ?
20. The oldest skyscraper executive club was an abstract motif private lunch club with an Art Deco decor on the 66th, 67th and 68th floors of the 1929 Chrysler Building (1,046 feet high). This daytime only club with padded leather doors and 54-inch-wide windows had a lounge, grill room and private Texaco (then known as the Texas Company) dining room. Texaco demanded a suitable restaurant for its executives after leasing 14 floors inthe Chrysler Building. The clubs 300 members including Condé Nast, E. F. Hutton, John D. Rockefeller, boxer Gene Tunney and many executives in the automobile, aviation and oil industries. The dining room had a huge mural of a refinery. Its locker rooms hid the booze during Prohibition. The men's room was the grandest bathroom in NYC. This exclusive club with marble floors opened July 1930, and closed for good in 1979. What was the name of this Chrysler Building Club ?
22. After 25 theme exhibits an awesome club closed in Tribeca. This nightclub at 157 Hudson Street in TriBeCa was the first to feature a co-ed bathroom that was its own club within a club. What was the name of this club that mixed art with nigh life ?
24. Broadway between 44th and 45th streets was the old site of the colossal Olympia that bankrupted Oscar Hammerstein. What club later on that site had a moving bandstand, revolving dance floors, levitating staircases, and a retractable roof and windows for dancing under the stars. Part of the old club became the upstairs to Bonds a 1980 disco with a huge dance floor which had a musical staircase where every step created a different note.
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2. The original location for the Peppermint Lounge was at 128 West 45th Street (November 1980 through May 1982) before moving to 100 Fifth Avenue. Former names for this club off Times Square was Turntable, Hollywood and GG's Barnum Room (named after PT Barnum and featured overhead trapeze artists). What did the GG stand for at this old transgender drag queen club (formerly owned by Genovese capo Matty “the Horse” Ianniello at 719 Eighth Avenue until 1978) frequented by Blacks and Hispanics ?
3. Mudd Club was at 77 White from Oct 1978 to ?. The Mudd Club was named after Samuel Alexander Mudd, the Confederate conspirator and doctor who treated John Wilkes Booth broken leg after he shot Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre. The long stick he used to set the bone was known as Mudd's club. Often seen at the club were Jean-Michel Basquiat, Madonna, John Lurie, Johnny Thunders, Keith Haring, David Byrne, Lydia Lunch, John Sex, Amos Poe, Lou Reed, Bow Wow Wow, Debbie Harry and Klaus Nomi. The bathrooms were co-ed and like many NYC venues, they were like a club inside a club. In 2001 a Mudd Club opened in Berlin. How many floors did the NYC Mudd Club have in their loft space ?
5. Jack Kriendler and Charles Berns opened the Twenty One Club in 1930 at 21 West 52d Street. A trap door in the bar got rid of drinks during Prohibition. It was famiy owned until they sold it off in 1985. This rich cat former speakeasy is known for its outside collection of lawn WHAT ?
7. The El Morocco had blue and white zebra stripes banquettes. This club once run by John Perona lasted into the 1990's. What did the regulars at the El Morocco call the club ?
8. Flamingo was on 599 Broadway at the SW corner of Houston street from December 1974 to February 1981 (then it became Phoenix Productions). A 42 aluminum beam sculpture called the Wall that was commissioned in 1973 protruded from the side of the building until 2002. Years later the location became Reggae Lounge but at 2 AM it became another club. What was the name of this old after hours joint ?
9. Conrad Hilton bought the 2nd version of the hotel called the Plaza in 1943, but sold it to buy the Waldorf-Astoria. Donald Trump bought the Plaza Hotel in 1988 losing over 82 million when he sold it 7 years later. Liberace played a custom built German concert piano in the Plaza Hotel nightclub which also featured Peggy Lee and Eartha Kitt. What was this nightclub called that was located on the south side of the Plaza Hotel ?
11. A former German Baptist church located at 407 West 43th Street (between Ninth and Tenth Avenue) was transformed into a disco. Francis Grasso was the DJ from 1969-1972 who started mixing in the old Church alter with a special style of lip-cueing. A scene in the 1971 Jane Fonda film Klute was shot in this disco, which became a Methadone clinic after it closed in 1973. What was the name of this first totally uninhibited gay disco in America ?
12. The Hemisphere Club was an executive private dining facility that converted into a restaurant for the public. What was this now closed public restaurant called that was on the 48th floor of the Time-Life building ?
13. A corporate club opened in 1956, on the forty-second floor of the 45 floor Socony-Mobil Building (the old Standard Oil Company founded by John D. Rockefeller) at 150 East 42nd Street by 3rd Avenue. Its large horizontal windows looked over NYC. Twenty four floors in the building held Mobil's 2,500 workers, who moved uptown from 26 Broadway, where they worked from 1920-1928. By 1990 the building changed its name to the Mobil Building. What was this club called ?
16. A club opened in 1964, on top of the 1963 Pan Am Building (now Met Life) at 200 Park Avenue between 44th and 45 Streets. In 1965 a heliport opened on the roof for three years, and reopened in February, 1977 for three more months. The Pan Am Building was the world's largest office building in bulk until beat out by 55 Water Street. This private club on the 56th floor was next to a public restaurant for a few years. What was this Club in this 2.4-million square foot vista blocking building named ?
18. The Stork Club on 58th street was owned by Sherman Billingsley and lasted until 1965, with the help of gangsters Frank Costello and Owney Madden. What other NYC Club was helped out by mobster Owney Madden ?
19. Top of the Sixes was in the penthouse 39 Stories above 666 Fifth Avenue by 53rd street, it became a private cigar club called the WHAT Club before closing in Sept 1996.
21. Opened on October 3rd, 1934, the Rockefeller Center Club in the legendary Rainbow Room is on the 65th floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. The private club for bankers, lawyers, executives and entrepreneurs has about 1,500 members from around 1,000 companies. The Rainbow Room was opened as a formal supper club by J.D. Rockefeller Junior. It's revolving dance floor changed colors to the music. This hoity-toity club was full of celebrities like Jean Harlow, Marlene Dietrich, Judy Holliday, Cole Porter, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Noel Coward, Bette Davis, and Laurence Olivier. In 1998, the Cipriani family took over the Rainbow Room. Vincent Minnelli was designers Elena Bachman Schmidt assistant creating this art deco club. What musical instrument did the colors of the Rainbow (that most likely named the club) shoot out to the dance floor from ?
23. Studio 54 was the brainchild of Steve Rubell and Ian Shrager. Built as Gallo Opera House at 254 W. 54th Street, in 1942 it became an old CBS television studio (called Studio 52) that was used for shows like What's My Line, Captain Kangaroo, To tell the Truth and many others. Studio 52 became a disco club in April 26, 1977. Stars like Andy Warhol, Liza Minelli, Mick and Bianca Jagger, Jerry Hall, Margaux Hemingway, Debbie Harry and Truman Capote danced on their 5,400 square-foot dance floor. The famous club closed on February 4, 1980, and then reopened for almost 5 years on September 12, 1981 until March 1986 and is now the Roundabout Theatre Company. Above the dance floor was the Man in the Moon with a giant WHAT ?
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