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Heart Of the City
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The HEART OF THE CITY was a fantastic idea, and immense project. A HUGE, MEGGA DISCO smack-dab in the middle of Liberty City, one of the more notorious ghettos in Miami.
It was a big building that would need a couple of thousand customers a night to stay open. It had the biggest and best sound system in the South. The light show was up there with anything NYC had. The lush interior was so spacious, one could get lost. The group of local businessmen that put this together hoped to attract the more affluent BLACKS that Miami had, but these BLACKS wanted nothing to do with the addicts and crack-heads that were everywhere off 79th street. The Transvestites and hookers were not much of an attraction either.
The owners' plan was to bring Top-Notch talent there every weekend. They opened with ASHFORD and SIMPSON, paid them $25,000 a night for two nights. Unfortunately, a hurricane was near, no-one showed up. A fiasco of immense per-portions, they took it in the chin. Trouble with break-ins followed the next week, as part of their sound system was stolen. By the time THIRD WORLD was scheduled to perform, only the following weekend, the handwriting was on the wall. Only a few dozen people showed up. The losses mounted.
They closed and re-opened many times. NEVER did it come close to succeeding. Even brought in LUKE SKYWALKER, the best and biggest Black Deejay in Miami. But the future leader of Two Live Crew, Luther Campbell couldn't save the HEART OF THE CITY. A good Idea, but a failed business.
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Submitted by vyniljunkie (611)
Who knows why some clubs blow up-while others crash & burn? One thing's for sure:If you wanna "GO BIG" with a club...a location that feels safe should be tops on your list.I have no problem falling into any 'hood.I even visited "Heart" a coupla' times...but dang that location was just butt ugly.The problems of Liberty City were'nt gonna be fixed by a nightclub...and that was part of the surrounding hype of opening that place.BAD CALL.