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Drakopoulos tells the Daily News, "I'm not in the pizza business, I'm in the adult nightclub business. We have a right to open there." And he maintains that his opponents have a distorted idea of Gentlemen's Clubs, telling the Times Ledger that "strip clubs are not what they used to be from the 1980s where they’re these dingy places and all the crackheads are there." Drakopoulos is trying to turn the two-story brick building, formerly the site of wholesaling company Smiley’s Flowers, into a club with 12 karaoke rooms and three bars.
But he faces heavy opposition. Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan has promised to ask the city Landmarks Preservation Commission to consider the building at 42-50 21st Street a landmark for its historical value, which would prevent Drakopoulos from changing it into a nightclub. Speaking to reporters yesterday, Nolan said, "Our community needs an arts center. We don't need threats from an unscrupulous business owner." Which reminds us of our rejected headline for this story: "Long Island City Threatened by Naked Women."
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"strip clubs are not what they used to be from the 1980s where they’re these dingy places and all the crackheads are there."
Depends on the clientelle, and judging from the LIC location, I'm not too hopeful.
None the less. God's speed Mr Drakopoulos. I wish you well.
and he's willing to go nude nuclear
Nude-lear?
Nude-lear?
Yeah, I think that was playing in London recently. Goneril, Regan and Cordelia were great. But that old guy who played the king... yikes.
I don't see what the community needing an arts center has to do with a private business & property owner's plans for his location.
This is beaurocratic strong-arming, plain & simple. They're just mad he has an answer to them holding the liquor license over his head like they do to every other would-be bar owner.
does ralph lauren have any comment about the turbo curves on these ladies?
I love how New Yorker largely liberal population has a live and let live attitude toward everything until someone wants to open a strip club or adult video store nearby - unless it's Babeland. Gotta love NIMBYs and the politicians pandering for their votes.
right on. the strip club regulations in this city and state are crap anyway you look at it. adults should be able to watch some hot live action and enjoy a fermented beverage at *gasp* the same time.
Nude over topless works for me.
If he opens in the old Smiley's Flowers, he should keep the name.
Really? Drakopolous? That's the best evil-villain name I've heard in a long time. It's like he's a Greek vampire going up against whatever the Long Island equivalent of Wesley Snipes is.
Everybody might already know this; but, I'll write it now anyway. The US Supreme Court has already decided that nude and even sexually expressive dancing is protected by the First Amendment: the same First Amendment which protects this website and these comments.
What people may NOT be thinking about is the fact that, in America today, children GENERALLY have the same sexual rights as adults (although nude dancing minors will have the proprietor in cuffs before sundown that same day). If the proprietor opens up a strip club for minors, or threatens to, that might be legal, as long as the club cards everybody as usual. Adults with adults and children with children.
Young people, by the say, have MORE discretionary income than adults. That means that a young strip club (only for young people) will take in much more money than a club which caters only to the dads (regular strip clubs) and moms (bachelorette parties, occasionally)
How do you think THAT will look in Court, in the newspapers, on the Net, on the cable news programs, or before the liquor licensing boards? Oh, the young strippers can't drink or serve drinks to the young; so the liquor licensing song-and-dances which club owners must go through don't happen with young strip clubs.
What might the US Supreme Court say that THAT?
a possible hint: the US Supreme Court has already said that children DON'T lose constitutional rights even when legally bound to attend state functions such as schools. There is more, too, which I may write in the due course of time.