Patrons dance at the club Blu in the Garden City Hotelon Sept. 17, 2000. From left, Steve Ghabrial, Patrice Leeber and Donna Crupi hit the dance floor at the Canoe Place Inn in Hampton Bays on May 11, 1991. I think the bar scene just became more popular for the younger generation at the time," Rivas says. The dcor was pretty much what you saw in Saturday Night Fever, she wrote. of 1942 - 1945 US and Canada License Plates Types, Restamped The New York Times. The club offers an eclectic range of music to enjoy from salsa to jazz and hip hop, while serving top-notch martinis. This is what I choose to capture and hold on to. Steve Rubell and Halston on Easter Monday, Hurrah, NY. While the club/lounge is a popular party spot for youngsters on Friday and Saturday nights, weeknights are much more low-key and invite the older, yet still trendy 40+ crowd, to come out and play. They are places where dungarees are unheard of; jackets are required and the minimum age is 23 or 25. US, Canada, & World License Plates Display Page, List Call it sassy, call it energy, and call it an appreciation for the spice of life through sadness and heartache. selling plaques during the 50's and 60's were Chicago Metal Craft J.C.Whitney states "Makes the mounting of plaques a quick and easy job. Credit: Newsday/Ana P. Gutierrez. All Rights Reserved. Mounting And though it was open for a mere 16 years and has long since dimmed its lights, it will always hold a fond place in the hearts of many a local music fan. The Metro 700 night club at 700 Hempstead Turnpike in Franklin Square,on April 16, 1994. Right: A woman wipes the sweat from her face at Studio 54, 1977. In the spring of 1998 I took a new job as a traveling salesman. a link to my online catalog of Willys MB & Ford GPW WWII JEEP Parts The people are the show, said Ian Schrager, a disco entrepreneur who has invested in clubs in Manhattan and Queens and expects open a place soon called After Dark in Oakdale. Wasnt a disco fan myself. All Rights Reserved. SHE is wearing a sleek backless dress and makeup that makes her eyes glitter. Listen on Spotify: Best 70's Disco Music Hits. "I've had them up on shelves and hanging on the walls of He wanted to know Like many other discos, Penrods does its best to keep the customers coming in by offering free hustle lessons one or two nights a week. Alan Morrell is a Rochester-based freelance writer. with them. Club 747 in Henrietta (profiled in an earlier, MORE: Read the complete 'Whatever Happened To?' Its also not uncommon to stereotype millennials and post-millennials as being overly-focused on social media but it may not be totally accurate to blame changes in nightlife preferences on Instagram, Facebook and the like. Celebrate St. James Presents Art Classes: Huntington Waterfront Festival & Craft Fair. . It takes about three months to put (that kind of) a club together. The point was to get dressed up and dance, to see and be seen and they definitely didn't serve food. But what about the Hamptons? series, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. This is still who I am. (11a.m. drag race, drags, dragster, funny cars, NASCAR, slicks, Mag Rims, memorabilia, But love it or hate it, at least disco was fun, employed real musical instruments, and gave many a talented artist the exposure they deserved. The club held dance contests and lingerie shows, sponsored ladies' nights and teen nights and had a plush lounge and enormous video screens before MTV exploded . Former Garden City Hotel vice president Brian Rosenberg recalls that on an average Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or Saturday night,crowds of more than 1,000 people (wearing jackets, to boot) would hit the nightclubs that once thrived in the Garden City Hotel. P. Diddy appeared for the pre-Independence Day party at the Whitehouse night club in Hampton Bays on July 3, 2007. Friday night is gay night. 1998-2012 Brian French. Sphinx Hookah Lounge. Did end up at 2001 Odyssey in the early 80s though when it was an all male review. The X-3 and 1 were my favorites. before he died. the late 1940's, right after the end of World War Two. Do these names sound familiar? At the Decameron, Paul Petrone, the manager, said that the discorestaurant was trying to attract Island people who would otherwise travel to the city for a night out. Luigi terapiccio. As far as I remember, it cost about $450,000, and we made it back in six months.. Seems complete but no assembly instructions. (7:30p.m. A couple bring their dancing to the floor of the disco club FunHouse in New York City, 1978. ), at moose lodege Every Friday night they have an 80's night at this club. put the rest away and save them. I was a junior at Stony Brook and lived on campus. A view of the dance floor at Mirage in Westburyduring happy hour on Feb. 28, 2003. Paint is fresh/new. Back when disco was all the rage, the 2001 Club was one of the most popular local spots to dance and party the night away. We used to do the club circuit around the island and into the city as well. surfer, surfing, beach, beach boys, Hawaii, Hawaiiana, Americana, nostalgia, They brought their hard-earned . Port Jazz 201 Main Street Port Jefferson, NY 631-476-7600 clublongisland.com. He called the experience one of the best times of my life. He remembered the day the club opened April 21, 1978. 2001 rebroadcast the show. - 1946 California License Plates: The WWII Era in California, 1942 "Why are you selling them?" Napper Tandy's, on Northport, Long Island, the self-proclaimed "Pub that Parties Likes a Club! From Business: Chef Eric uniquely weaves local cuisine into an American Grill, setting himself and 317 Main Street apart from the many restaurant choices on Long Island. Right: Metallic-painted dancers at a disco club perform on stage in New York City, 1978. It's just changed., People still go out, says former nightclub impresario Greco, who helped morphFour into The Refuge. document.writeln(""); Of course, by the time us 70s kids were old enough to actually go to a disco, the craze was over. He told me what he wanted and said "They're from old car Meisler has made a career capturing life in Bushwick, New York City, and this series takes the city's famed disco nightlife as its muse. Long Island in the 1970s The Jack-in-the-Box sign on Deer Park Avenue in North Babylon on April 18, 1975. Larry Williams, 15, of Queens, and Erica Stanley, 14, of Brooklyn, attend an alcohol-free night at Bay Street in Sag Harbor on July 13, 1988. magazines. I was stunned by how beautiful it is; it brought back the atmosphere, mutual respect, a unique time in my life and the world around me., Her photographs are unique in their candour. David Bowie and Dutch actor and singer Romy Haag have a smoke at the Alcazar nightclub in Paris during 1976. Clubgoers dance at Canoe Place Inn in Hampton Bays on May 11, 1991. They set minimum age of 21 for admission and put up signs saying No dungarees.. He said: "I don't have a shop, and I only have 2 more plaques Billy Stewart, who sang and played keyboards in the '70s disco band Calhoon, walks around downtown St. Petersburg hanging up concert posters for Daddy Kool Records. Dad would sit with him at White castle counter 1948-50 , both worked nights. What do you remember most about the disco era? Im not personally a fan [of bars] at night, especially on weekends., Like Toscano and Lombardo, Dempsey also prefers the scene at Kyma and Hendricks, as well as Rare650 in Syosset and Monsoon in Babylon, upscale restaurants that regularly have DJ nights and tend to attract clientele in their 40s and older. We hold major institutions accountable and expose wrongdoing. The plaques were usually made of aluminum, but sometime bronze was used. Must have used a lot of mirrors in the movie to make the dance floor look bigger. Was it worth the time and energy to travel all the way to the city for this class of music "Absolutely" The RetroClubNYC is at its best for this type of music. DJs Party Equipment Rentals Silent Disco West Village. A glimpse back at the hedonistic disco clubs of the 70s. The club also boasts karaoke and dancing every Wednesday and Thursday, and. towards restoring the WWII Jeeps and tricking out my Jeep CJ-7's for off-roading. Miss Lizzul, who lives in Queens, said that she had driven out to the Island to see what Char had to offer. Car Club Chaz, a disco in Huntington, is next to a supermarket. Star Wars Party Overhead View, Fire Island Pines, NY. Bars & Clubs Dance Clubs & Discos. 317 Main St. Farmingdale, NY 11735. 2001 matched 747 with its glitz. It was so much fun going to discos like Uncle Sams, Metro 700, 231, etc. Pyramid Club - New York, NY. and the Sunshine Band, Donna Summer and Van McCoy (The Hustle). The building, in horrible shape, was mercifully torn down a few years later. I had packed away and locked up from between 10 - 20 years ago, Here's Dinner is served until I A.M.; from 1 A.M. to 4 A.M. breakfast is served, including omelets, lox and bagels and a quiche. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. The one in Levittown, which opened in the 40s, closed its doors in 1986. I found humour in most situations, was in awe of the amazing variety of people I met and in love with the energy of NYC, she reflects. and accouterments. They're not jeep At the fancy discos people either have to hustle or watch others hustle. what he had missed. A man and woman take center stage on the dance floor at the disco club 2001 Odyssey in Brooklyn, New York, in 1979. There are pics of it being constructed on the net. I really wish I got to see that, says Jack Alper, Greggs 21-year-old son. Meryl Meisler's books can be purchased here. I remember going back and forth from 747 to 2001. Your email address will not be published. 69 of 111 70 of 111 One Caroline Bistro was a cherished music venue and dining spot that opened in 1995 and closed in February 2018. Kristy Addison has been a New York-based writer since 2003. Ron's call had only stirred my interest up more. Let's talk about Mirage, says Richard Bedrosian, aveteran of the hospitality scene, of the club that once stood where the Buffalo Wild Wings is now along Merrick Avenue in Westbury. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Alan Colletta of Charlotte wrote that he played the video game Pong for the first time at 2001. Inside the club, however, several of the patrons as well as three members of the fivepiece band were in blue jeans. Long Island Bars and Bands of the 70's & 80's I have had the Nestle Aero bar,. The music was amazing, and you would always find a circle of break-dancers on the dance floor at one point in the night., Back in the '90s and 2000s, many dancers working for mobile DJ companies would meet at clubs and form circles to showoff their moves. Right: A woman dances amid other partygoers at Studio 54, 1977. It wasnt until maybe six months later that someone tried to copy it.. An old car club plaque mounting kit ad from oval track, race track, raceway, race, racers, race cars, street racers, I surfed the net for several hours yesterday and today to gather the information Commack's rink closed in 1995. Now it's my turn to down size, so I am going to sell these plaques and document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); The club's decor will also be highly appreciated by the 40+ crowd, with art deco lighting features, hardwood floors, cozy furniture and a charming fireplace. "I loved to hear the stories from customers [about] how their older sister or brother told them about the club, and how they couldnt wait to come of age to get in,"Maggio says. He asked if they had anymore non-jeep I went back racing, but because they would often drag on the ground when mounted on Behold, then, the perfect uplifting surprise for a Monday morning from Meryl Meislers latest exhibition and book, SASSY 70s NYC, which is currently showing at Midoma Gallery in New York. for the car club members. Its no secret that December can be a difficult month ironically, at times, a little lacking in exuberance. Assuredly, as while the South Fork is still a vibrant place for summer late-night fun, almost everything worth visiting is east of the Shinnecock Canal. The energy was always amazing. Years ago, the rusticlooking bars and pubs that were frequented by young singles sprouted dance floors, bandstands and control rooms for light and sound. Where did all the cool kids of the '70s and '80s hang out on a Friday or Saturday night? Going to a disco is an end in itself, he said.