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747 Club of Buffalo
Genesee St., Buffalo, NY
Owner: unknown
This Disco had the look of the interior of a 747 airplane.
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The interior shots can be seen on the Disco Step By Step shows. I have six episodes of this dance show.
hi bernie, i did 2 stints at this great club. ti was owned by jimmy cosintino and designed by don perrino. when american airlines soldthe interiors of their 747s to make them cargo planes, jimmy bought about 6 interriors to build a club in varios cities, i was gong to be corporate music director and had olaned to move to florida to open one in lauderdale, the company eventually went into another direction as they owned, hotels and other propeRties includint the 747s sister club next door THE PLAYBOY CLUB OF BUFFALO. ONE OF THE LAST PLAYBOY CLUBS THAT REMAINED OPEN
Club 747 was owned by Jimmy Cosentino and was inside the Executive Hotel. It was an innovative idea and was originally supposed to be a franchise startup. Jimmy & Pat Cosentino bought the interiors of seven 747 jetliners when the US Army converted the planes to carry cargo. They only built two clubs,Buffalo and Rochester. Bill Levy was the franchisee in Rochester. The clubs lasted into the mid 80's. In 1986 I worked for the hotel and dismantled the Buffalo club. They had a Playboy Club on the other end of the hotel. It was quite the entertainment complex. There was a TV show produced from the 747 called Disco Step by Step. It's owner was Marty Angelo. Later Marty lefrt the show and took the name with him but it continued as "Invitation to dance" with host Kevin O'Connell We have a copy of that show. We are having a fund raiser in Buffalo on Friday February 23 called "The Worlds Smallest Disco"(because it benefit the smallest people of Buffalo, the kids at Childrens Hospital. the party will feature 8 of the area's top original DJs. www.worldssmallestdisco.com
I was on this show while in college in Buffalo with my then boyfriend. Unsure of the year, but it had to be after 1976 and before spring of 1980. I am interested in getting some tapes to see if I am on them. Tend to think it would have been somewhere between 1977 thru 1979. Only on a few times-know I wore a long cream colored skirt and believe a black halter top and probably eyeglasses in one taping.
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