Notorious Nightclub To Become Boring Store

A church becomes a nightclub, a nightclub becomes a store, NYC becomes Disney World, and so on. Remember that whole "the limelight is going to be a mall" and then "no, just kidding, it's going to be a film studio" thing? Well it's going to be a store now! The NY Post reports on the latest news surrounding the former famed nightclub, saying the "Jack Menashe, who owned nightclub Lounge in SoHo, is turning the long-vacant, 1849 Gothic Revival church into Limelight Marketplace with the help of designers James Mansour and Melisca Klisanin," whoever they are. Will the ghosts of drugged-up trannies and club kids haunt the soon-to-be shopping mecca?

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By Jen Carlson in Arts and Events on July 17, 2009 12:38 PM

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I Hate The 7 Train

RIP NYC DJing residencies of old ... (If anyone says Skribble, I will hurt you!)

NannyState

Skribble.

AnnaV

You can see the plans here:

http://www.mansourdesign.com/brochure.pdf

Chelsea Market-ish.

Gothampc

"Chelsea Market-ish"

That's too bad because even Chelsea Market can't keep their space occupied. It's become just a food court, which is a bummer because I think that's a great building. I wish there was something great in Chelsea Market.

KiljoyWasHere

Isn't it a little presumptuous to call the store boring before you know what kind of store it is going to be?

For example, if it was a liquor store, that would be AMAZING.

undraccoon

ah ha ha ha!

I'm sure it will be beautiful.

yetanotherdamneduselessaccount

Kind of fucked up that Gothamist would complain about the Disney-fication of New York given that they're a major contributor to the trend.

Is this not the same source who ran three articles about a new restaurant chain (Tim Horton's) opening in the city this week? Or incessant Shake Shack pitches? Or a million other inane me-me-me consumer oriented articles?

Hypocrisy is a bitch and lurks around every corner.

jaycjay

"Kind of fucked up that Gothamist would complain about the Disney-fication of New York given that they're a major contributor to the trend."

Yeah, that's what's fueling Disney-fication. The only reason big corporations even want to do business in this city is that they dream of being mentioned on Gothamist.

NannyState

The Hipster Grifter Corporation has been very pleased so far...

hotstepper

and here we all are contributing to gothamist's contribution to the "Disney-fication of New York."

pinball29

Nothing good can come of this. The place has a weird vibe, always did, no matter how high I was.

That said, the people who partied there years ago simply turned into mindless consumers and corporate drones anyway, and Manhattan is now one big mall, so its apt. How it has fended off being turned into a Gap or Abercrombie all these years is probably the only miracle the place will be be given credit for. God knows, tho......

tingo

Many famous people have done many drugs in there. Witnessed a few possible-OD's in there in the early to mid- 90's and I've seen some crazy shit go down in the back rooms. That place definitely has some sordid history. Maybe it should be a club kid theme park or a disco/drug museum.

Billiamsburg

Awesome. I can't wait till they extended the Monorail to Brooklyn so I can spend my Manhattan Family Fun bucks I got from grandma!

NannyState

It gets better! The new "Bloomberg Passport" gets you into all the attractions plus a free meal at any participating McDonalds for just $685,000!

SC

Ha!

Williamsburg's going to be reopened as the new Squatter Punk Safari Ride!

rbeshenk

^^^^ that is awesome!

There's been a makeshift store in there for some time now.

Matt Joyce

I remember like 2 years ago walking by there, and seeing a guy in a suit talking to his toddler and pointing at the "church"... saying "That's limelight, before your daddy met mommy he spent a lot of time there."

PTG in nyc

I'm glad I had one RIDICULOUS experience there 10 years ago, although you failed to mention how Limelight became Avalon at some point.

Exit became Terminal 5, how about a slightly more civil concert venue instead of a drugged out DJ den? I prefer for it to stay just as it is, but that doesn't seem to be on the table.