Infinity

What a great club. I was only there once about a week before it burned down. The same evening I attended Saturday Night Live and we went downtown after the show. Great crowd, none of that phony disco crowd and no attitude. Never forgot the girls dancing on the ledge in their panties ! Greatest club ever !

wow! what a trip down memory lane..i met my husband on feb 4, 1978 and we went to infinity that night!!

infinity, 653 broadway, sadly burned in a fire...(hmmmm...!..) in feb 1979...i was there the night before....as i was every friday/saturday night ... out of all the clubs we attended throughout the 70's and 80's.... (hundreds!) there was something different and special there.. besides the best dj jim burgess!
i was known for dancing on the wall in my danskin bodysuits, white boots, and white sequin scarf which glowed in the black light....i can still picture the very first night i walked into the club...."that's the meaning"(beautiful bend) pounding from the giant speakers, lights flashing up the columns, not in the door 5 minutes when my best friend jaime looked back for me and found me up and dancing on the wall......~ sigh~ the memories.... :)

that fire is what gave way to our little band of miscreants making the Funhouse our new spot..and so the legend of the Buggers began....LOL !

WHAT A GREAT CLUB,ALWAYS HAD A WONDERFUL TIME. I LIVED IN BROOKLYN CAME WITH MY FRIEND NEIL GELLER,MET TERRY MILLER THEIR.I BARTENDED AT MAXWELL PLUMS,THEN REGINES.THE BEST TIMES,THAT I TRULY MISS.

I was one of those "15 year old girls from Brooklyn" and was there only once because it burned down the following week. Does anyone remember the fresh pears? They were so delicious! How about the neon p****?

I was one of the wall dancers for years.
Ialso was was known as joey soiree,I used to throw single parties at clubs like the copa les mouches flamingo xenon,and many others.
I was always their with my group of friens near the dj jim burgess or bobby,we dnced all night and had the best of times.
I was a Fire Island regular
my singles group was called soiree.
I knew john contini,club door manager.
If you want or attended my parties contact me,I also used to dance in a black and white Superman outfit and at the end either blew out blood or flames.
hope to hear from you as I always thought Infinity was the best .
The night it burnt down(we know why)I was bartending at club called Heat in soho before the area became popuar,the only other club there was Gotham and Paradise Garage.
My infamous parties wer highlited when one night at Xenon I threw out a couple of thousand peppermint (fake) qualudes.
I was a dancer and partier all night,if you remember me contact me at my email for old times sake(joeisoiree@aol.com)
keep on dancing
JOEY SOIREE

Jay is alive and living in miami beach

Does anyone know if Jay Levy is still alive?

Hey Jose,

Still kickin, great to read your comment on Infinity - we were the "best" bartenders for sure at the club; I do think of those times, one of the reasons that I decided to google Infinity tonight as well as some of the personalities who went there: Sterling St.Jacques,Margo Hemingway, Potassa, and Donna Summer going in the DJ Booth with Bobby DJ and all the celebrities taking all the fruit off the bars.

I also remember working at the Fun House with you when Grace Jones performed and walked all over the bar, kicking the drinks off at the customers.

I did a while back run into Steve (busboy), not Steve the bartender, who I worked with at another place in the city. Those were amazing fun times, making great money and enjoying ourselves as well in one of the best clubs in the city.

Yesterday I emailed Filipe, remember the dancing Indian, who became part of The Village People, and he is still playing the Indian today, probably the only one who stayed in character from that time till today!

Get in-touch with me - franky (really frankie)

I do remember I was from opening nite to the nite of the fire My memories are many and I have made many friend up to today If I start with name I will never finish So I work at the bar and I am sure that I served many drinks I work with every body at Infinity and after at the Fun House and Underground Yes I had the bells on my feet And I work next to a Neon d*** But my best memory is the people I have meet during that time Not only Jimmy Burgess,Bobby DJ Larry Sanders , Spanky and Erick at the lights , Jay and Maurice, Susane, Howard (Tiger) the list goes on the bartender I work with Franky, Leo, Steve, and my friend James Infante I was better than him at the Bar The door John Contini, Tommy and Rudy DePaola, Angelo Oliviery and the Hotdog truck and many more, and more and more So I hope I can find some lost friends from the past till next time Jose I was the best Bartender jajaja

I was there from the beginning. A young straight jewish kid originally from Washington Heights then Forest Hills. After my first visit, I became a card holding member. Johnny was at the door, and when he came in late nite, he was the best dancer in the place and there were many. I was lucky enough to be let in when it was predominately gay - remember a young cute kid - they thought I was a recruit. I went to all the great clubs, even the one I can't remember the name of, just south of Houston on Broadway upstairs. Le Mouche, Funhouse, and Studio. Studio was a different kind of special, but nothing ever compared to Infinity. Met a girl there in 75 or 76 and she is still a close friend. Ludes, music, inhalers, you name it. Dance, dance, dance.

In response to May 15th post, was it Crisco? With a can on the dance floor? That place was so much fun.

I only went here a few times in 1975. I spent more time downtown from here. I remember seeing an upper east side friend who was with some snooty Italian count, now long dead. What I remember most was the neon rings around the columns and the great music. Back then I thought that was so cool ... or as we used to say in the 70's " very chic".
I lived in Gramercy Park area in 70's. I used to go to a small gay bar in what I think was Chelsea area (??). Had a funny/strange name. Anyone have a clue the name?

The best times at Infinity! Danced, danced, danced
all night long...oh, to turn back the hands of time.

@EnJayAre
"I was the guy who would stand on the ledge, in
front of the mirrors with the light-up shirt and pants. I would also occasionally bring a trumpet, but most of the time, they would take it away.
Upstairs ways great. It had all black carpeting everywhere with a little black light bulb to feel your way around. Girls you would meet dancing would have no problems getting-it-on upstairs.
It started out a male gay club and slowly they started to let in straight guys and girls.
In the beginning I had trouble getting in at times and was turned away. That`s when the club was at it`s best. After awhile it got alittle easier, and eventually they let every Guido and there brother in. And all these Brooklyn girls who were afraid to get alittle sweaty, screwed it all up.
At the end, they were just raking in money letting everyone in. The downfall was approaching. When I heard of the fire I was not surprised. Infinity to me was already dead."

I couldn't AGREE with you more. Infinity died way before the fire when they let in "15 year old girls from Brooklyn HS"...I went in the beginning and knew the REAL beauty of that club before they let in every "guido" and their "Snooki" giving blow jobs ON the dance floor, not even having the class to do it upstairs. I stopped going in 1978 when we, gay guys, were getting gawked at. Enough said.

Hi,

This club officially opened sometime in late 1975.

I remember going to this club in Spring of 1976. At that time, the club was predominately gay. It was the best!!! The dance floor was Phenomenal and most of the crowd was from Manhattan. Only a selected few where admited into the club at that time. Music from Donna Summer, Cerone, Tarvares (Don't take away the Music), Carol Douglas, The Savannah Band. I distincly remember a drag queen named Poutasa who would be there every weekend in a different outfit and costume. Those were indeed the days!! When I heard that a fire had destroyed infinity I felt sad.

I was sorry to see it go...how did that fire start??

hi

my company GLI supplied the audio gear. The audio installation and the lightiing design was by Design Circuit.... I think the club opened around 1976.

Risky Changes!!

I read a few comments that the club was burned down by the owners (Jewish lightning)well it was burned down but not by the owners .It was burned down by a few people from mulberry St. because the bouncers beat someone up and it turned out to be a mobster son .the club burned down on valentine day 1979 i know i was there both times ,the previous attempt was on saturday but it was put out.I went there from 1976 to 1979 i lived four blocks from the club on Sullivan st,I knew everyone there from Jim to John the doorman which i worked at the cat club with, to Maurice and jay .I also went to other clubs but none ever made me fell like Infinity's

thats me in the lower right corner of dancefloor photo.

I used to live with Jay Levy before he went to Federal prison. Does anyone know if he is still alive?

Infinity was truly the best club there ever was. I, like so many of you, frequented all the hot clubs a few times a week, Studio, Xenon, Magique, Le Mouche, etc. I was 17 when i started going there and what a scene it was. If you were a straight guy, you didn't want to grab a banana because there would 10 guys on you in a minute! Dancing on the ledge in front of the mirrors. Oral sex on the dance floor. and you didn't go into the balcony unless you were going to have sex or do drugs. Best song ever....Risky Changes! Only place i ever heard it but everyone in Infinity knew it.

I was at a Valentines Day party at my friends house when we got the call from my friend who was there that Infinity was burnt down! ouch. The scene was changing but it was still great. the least pretentious club ever. THE BEST CLUB EVER!!!
I'd like to say hello to those girls that made me very happy, but I don't think I got many of their names!

I was a young upcoming DJ from Brooklyn and a wide-eyed 18 year old when I went to Infinity, at the time - hands down THE most amazing club I have ever been inside. The crowd's energy - the sound system, the dazzling lights! The atmosphere was electric! - I just really went to listen to my favorite DJ - Jim Burgess. His mixes were smooth, well thought out, and flawless. Jim was and still is, a huge influence and inspiration to me. It's 31 years later - I still DJ in clubs, and I still think of Jim Burgess. In my mind, Jim is the greatest Club DJ of all-time, and INFINITY was far and away New York's most amazing nightclub!

WHAT IS THE NAMEOF THE COMPANY THAT DID THE LIGHTING ..

I would love to see some old pictures of Le Clique from the old disco days. I remember I was an innocent from outside Philly who moved to NY, and the first time I went to one of Le Clique's parties, I was in shock and awe. Nakedness, sequins, the most outrageous costumes; it was truly an amzing time.

When it was pure fun...This was the beginning of the truly great dance clubs in New York City for me..The Sex The Drugs The Music...Little boy grew up to Jim B's Music. Who remembers John at the door..I heard a mix by Jim B there once that still haunts me..Yes Donna Summer was involved in that mix..Thank you all for making that club the great fun place that it was..

We went to Infinity - our one and only time - in February 1979. A bunch of 15 years old Brooklyn HS girls, we couldn't wait to come back the following weekend. Then we heard it burnt down : ( . . . I remember the neon p**** and the complimentary fresh pears. They were so juicy!

Wow.... I guess not everyone is as cool as you in your light up sh*t. lol You MUST be a liberal, as you feel your so much better then those around you. I was there all the time right till the end and I don't know what your talking about. It was great! It was never a bad crowd (guys in light up sh*ts or not) and we always had fun. You are right about the upstairs part. lol

I was the guy who would stand on the ledge, in
front of the mirrors with the light-up shirt and pants. I would also occasionally bring a trumpet, but most of the time, they would take it away.
Upstairs ways great. It had all black carpeting everywhere with a little black light bulb to feel your way around. Girls you would meet dancing would have no problems getting-it-on upstairs.
It started out a male gay club and slowly they started to let in straight guys and girls.
In the beginning I had trouble getting in at times and was turned away. That`s when the club was at it`s best. After awhile it got alittle easier, and eventually they let every Guido and there brother in. And all these Brooklyn girls who were afraid to get alittle sweaty, screwed it all up.
At the end, they were just raking in money letting everyone in. The downfall was approaching. When I heard of the fire I was not surprised. Infinity to me was already dead.

I cant believe anyone has details. My memories are a BLURRRRRRR. I sorta remember a ledge that ran along the perimeter that we danced on. (Where there twin guys that danced on the ledge all the time?) I DEFINITELY remember upstairs.

I DO remember how I FELT when when I was there or when I was getting ready to go. I remember feeling JOY!

I remember LOVING the notion that it was totally anonymous (thought I was soooo cool). No signs, no labels - just this dark building - I always wondered how we found it. (Like a geode - CRYSTALS INSIDE)

I remember racing in and just melding into the experience - the music - the head - the dance floor - the patrons. Feeling free - feeling happy - feeling part of the whole - dance with anyone you turned to and faced - feeling totally in the moment - just LOVIN LIFE!!!!! - no negativity.

Just say YES to sex and drugs and DISCO MUSIC!

MAN TIME FLIES!

Do I remember this club?! Tiger if I remember was at the door, the light person was Tommy. The first pierced nipple I ever saw was a blond guy working in the coat check room, this is around I think 75-76 some time then.

This was the place that launched Studio 54, Xenon, etc. Yet not any one of these clubs had that magic. Nothing since has come close to this place.

I remember the band leader from Dr. Buzzards Original Savannah band and his girl the lead singer hanging out there. This was the first time I heard the song Chez chez la Femme.

There used to be a girl who would come in fur coats and underneath a negligee, her painting was on the wall. One Halloween her costume was her pubic hair shaved heart shape and dyed blond, she had long black hair.

The minute you walked in it took you over and you were in the coolest club. This was what broke the back of "Hustle Disco". Freestyle dancing was born and a new fashion look.

Yeah boy it sucks to get old.

The most amazing place in an amazing city at an amazing time. One night when my grandparents were in Florida, I took my grandmothers full length mink & wore it to the club. Somehow, through a typical wild night, the coat & I made it home to Queens. There will never be another Infinity, anywhere. Keith, Mitch, Blood & all "the boys" from Forest Hills & Rego Park, what a f'in party!

I remember going to Infinity I think it was the summer of 1977 with my girlfriend Wanda and 2 guys we met at the Surf Club in Ortley Beach, NJ. Can't say I remember too much more about it except looking at the picture, I remember those greek columns.

That fire also took with it Jimmy Burgess' desire, and soul. He was never the same after that. I remember him telling me at The Billboard Conference, that it took a part of him. You could literally see his hurt and disappointment in his face. JEWISH LIGHTNING had struck, like it did to so many clubs, but none bigger than INFINITY.

Chopper, that was an amazing story you told. What a shame that place was burnt down. I was not in New York at the time. While you guys were freezing that night I was in 75 degree balmy weather in Hawaii, but would of traded that all in to experience the times in New York (my home town)after all I read I think Infinity would of been my place to party. Wow!

wow what a place
typical saturday night:
hang out watch Saturday Night Live, have a few whatevers before & during
head over to Infinity
party all night till "the last dance"
stumble out the door

If on a Friday night you may go see the Rocky Horror Show at the Waverly, get buzz on and walk over to Infinity.

best sound system
insane lighting
the New Year's Eve parties
any Friday or Saturday nite was amazing

great folks that worked there - John , Web, Maurice, Jim B

enjoyed that spot from its opening to the sad fire

silly stuff you remember :
how you dressed, a pair of white sneakers to dance all nite, jeans, a buttin down shirt with a vest, a tank top, maybe no shirt, maybe just a jock,shorts and a tee. Whatever hit you the music drove you- Idris Mohammed, Georgia Maroder, Grace Jones, Scotch Machine, Cerrone, Afrikanism.

Waiting 20 minutes to get into the bathroom and then there was a party going on in there do.

Now you are talking. The best DISCO music, played by the best Disc Jockeies of their time in the best DISCO of the early 70's. Another MOB run operation, it was a victim of "Jewish Lighting" because the boys could get more selling the property(Plus the insurance)than keeping it open. Jimmy Burgess, god bless his soul, was my mentor and lost over 5000 records the day it was torched.

So - does anybody remember when Infinity actually opened????

I lived in a loft across the street from Infinity in '77. I was a jazz musician so the disco scene didn't interest me much but I did know quite a bit about that building.

For one, its owner, Martin Fine, had tried desperately to get an oversize variance to convert the building to residential apartments. The fire occurred only a few weeks after the community board rejected his application with extreme prejudice.

I actually saw the small initial fire through the third floor windows about a minute before first fire truck arrived. Because of that I was later interviewed by a couple of arson investigators who told me that the sprinklers had been illegally turned off on that vacant third floor.

In fact, there were actually several fires set in that building. The first company that arrived extinguished the fire I'd seen. They were starting to take up hose when another fire broke out in another location in the building. That's the fire that quickly grew to the uncontrolled inferno that took out that huge building and Infinity with it.

I remember the fire chief yelling at his men through his bullhorn that the building was about go and to to get the hell out immediately. Firefighters bailed out of the building like Keystone cops when there was a muffled explosion and the fire started in earnest.

It remains the most surreal scene of my life. Fire truck after fire truck arrived with sirens wailing for hours. They even brought in super pumpers from Long Island. It was like 17 degrees so all the water they were dumping on the fire was flash freezing on Broadway and anything it touched, which was reflecting the light from the flames on buildings a block away. The fire sounded like a huge angry dog and was burned so hot that it was tossing huge chunks of flaming lumber forty feet in the air where it rained down on the street like meteors. I spent the entire night on the roof of my loft building putting out secondary fires.

Meanwhile there were scores of confused Infinity patrons wandering around the icy sidewalk dressed only in the togas they'd brought with them, as if they thought they might soon be able to get back in the club to retrieve their coats.

As I said, surreal.

Infinity was the BEST club of all clubs ever built! No club compared. The scene was just flat out fun... pretty girls, cool guys, the BEST MUSIC anyplace on the planet. I feel melancholy for those days. After Infinity burned down, I tried Platos Retreat. Although satisfying in a "different" kind of way, INFINITY was still #1.

Was it open in 1974?

Anybody remember the year Infinity opened?

Are you kidding? Ohio? DJ crap that nobody knows what your talking about? Man, I know it was the '70's but give me a break. Infinity was the best. I happy that I was part of it.

Infinity... The loss of one of the best record collections on the planet. GLI first crossfaders.

The place burnt before I ever got there.

But in a southern surburb of Dayton, Ohio another Infinity opened. I did my very best (as DJ) to carry on the tradition. From 714's to sex in the bleachers, 3 turntables and wild parties! As well as neon out the a** (64x64 matrix) and custom build GLI top to bottom. Thanks Steve I.

I remeber getting a called from a famous dj at Infinity who could not get the x-fader to work on the new GLI 3880 mixer. Seems he had the audio out accidently coming out of the tape out and not the main out.

Why me? Somehow I got to work with GLI at the 76 & 77 Billboard Trade Shows as resident DJ, helped them with ideas and feedback for the new mixer. I never received any credit. But I got a 3880.

Whatever happened to the gorgeous bouncers that worked at Infinity's?

What can I say and where do I begin.
I was 16 and my 1st NY major nightclub, and I was with my close friend Carlos, and who got us in was Tony DJ(EL Socio) who was a card member of Infinity, we cgot ther by bus from Union City,NJ, I remember that night like if it was yesterday. We just walk right in and only had to pay 5 bucks for being his guests. When we walk in it was surreal. Jim Burgess was spinning of course and the sound system was like punch in your soul. As we working our way towards the dance floor I see what I thought at that moment where 2 girls with long hair grinding and making out, I tell my friend Carlos check this stuff out, and he says to me those are 2 guys not chicks. Well that was a 1st and rather bizarre scene for me at that age. well then ther was the 2 guys on those catwalks dancing with the gold and silver construction boots with the cutoff jeans and the suspenders, amongst the other inhabitants that attended the best CLub ever on broadway and Bleeker I mean this was like a scene from Soddom & Gommorah. And mind you we are straight and under the influence of just the music and the ambience. well as the night progresses Jim slams on Macho Man(village people) which had just been released and he is just pumping the volume louder and louder on that part of the song where it goes into "HEY HEY HEY" you know that part right? well I turm around and the speaker behind me seem like it was going to rip into shreads then at the last "HEY" there was silence and darkness and in my mind I thought thats it Jimmy had busted the system. I was dead wrong because 2 seconds later he slam in the intro to "LETS ALL CHANT". it was just mind blowing and a chapter in my life I will never forget. My fellow Infinity Club dwellers that is my story and I am sticking to it.
love&Peace
To you all.
Ralph The Architech of Sound.

In the above I meant the light guy. We'll never see another club like that but of cause that was another time. The sex upstairs (and sometimes on the bleachers in the back) no one thought anything bad would happen to you. I have not been in a club in many years I have no idea what their like now but I know how much fun we had in the '70's when Disco was king & Infinity was the place to be.

The best club of all time. I was there all the time. The crowd was great, everyone just having a good time, no trouble makers. At the DJ booth, if you waved your hand in font of your nose the sound guy would hand you a bottle of crap to inhale. I remember the ludes, coke, women & sex upstairs. I don't know how I made it home sometimes. Before it burned down on a fri. or Sat. there was a fire there on a Wed. I was there for both. What a place. Starship, funhouse, and limelight were ok but Infinity was the best. Best music, lights & people.

I was 16 the first time I went to Infinity. How I got in was another story. As I walked in I can still remember the massive size, the DJ booth just hanging in the mid air....shirtless guys dancing on the wall with full glass walls behind them ..and yes.."Disco Inferno" blasting from the soundsystem. After somtime I found my way up the tiny hidden staircase behind the DJ booth and low and behold there were mattreses all over the place on the floor. there were Couples having sex while the audience true to concert venues had their Lighters up around the mattresses for additional lighting.
Nothing could match it today.
Long Live the Inferno

WENT ONLY ONCE. CLUB WAS GREAT, BUT OR CAR GOT BROKEN INTO , AND THEY STOLE EVERYTHING. LEFT MY PAY ENVELOPE IN GLOVE COMP, STUPID MOVE. AND ALSO EVERYONES COATS. THANK GOD THE CAR WAS STILL THERE.

Thanks Phil LeBash, your photos of Infinity were like my memories came to life (and it's amazing any of us still have a memory-beauties, ludes, poppers and weed..oh my!)

1976, I was 18 and my friends and I were there every week. We would all meet at my friend Jimmy's place in Jersey City around 10:00. There we all were: guys, girls, white, black, latino, gay, straight. We were good friends and we covered each others back. We were like a dysfunctional family on a crazy road trip laughing and partying through the Holland Tunnel on the way to Infinity. This place had it all. I remember the DJ in this photo and the music mixes (Donna Summer, The Trammps, Thelma Houston). The people were so diverse: Europeans flew in and made this their 1st stop in NYC, the wiseguys and the wannabees, the queens dancing on the ledge on the mirrored wall, Jim Jensen from the news were all there to party. The lighting and the scent of Halston, Pierre Cardin and Aramis the guys wore.

Most of us stayed in touch until the mid 80's. Jimmy, Joey, Mario, Alex, Carlos, Maria, Delores, Oscar, Anna, Valerie...hope some of you read this and remember those crazy times!!!

I loved Infinity's. I met my best friend in the City on Saturday and had to go back for old times sake to the site where we had the best nights of our lives. We went into a store that is now at that location and the columns are still there of course. I had to touch them. It brought back so many happy memeories. Those were the good old days. Wish we could go back to just one of those nights!!!

Oops...almost forgot...first night there I got so trashed ripped the knee of my brand new Sasson Jeans...lol...and then drove home with my buddy and were so out of it that we stopped at a 6th Ave stop light and closed my eyes...when I opened them we were still parked there in the middle lane of 6th with cars wizzing by and our car was completely covered in snow...lol lol lol...those were some crazy times...

Mike R.

What a great place Infinity was... hung out there 1978 till it burned in Feb 1979...met some cool people... Marilu if you ever read this...you were lots of fun...

Mike R

I went there all of the time! The best way to keep and maintain friends in those days was to be a member of a club; everyone would call me on a Fri/Sat. to leave there name at the door. I think we were able to have 5 friends. Lots of fruit(the ones you eat) blended drinks without booze and bananas were the main course. Ludes and sex upstairs in the balcony! I was sick with the flu for the Valentines Day party; alot of my friends were there. I got a call that the place burnt down; it was a big loss.
I rememebr the song Spirit of 76 and alot of Cerrone stuff; met him there once cute but kinda short but the man has lots of talent! I still play his music!

I remember the first time I went to Infinity, I was 16 years old. I was the only one that got in from five guys I was with. I had the time of the life there and the girls were hot. The upstairs was something else. Best club I ever went to including Studio and Xenon.

I remember going there in 1977 . . . I was coming from LI but the girl who introduced me to the club was from Starrett City (Bklyn). She told me that I absolutely HAD to take a lude just to get into the mood. So I did & I did . . . I remember falling off the bleachers from the top no less and I also remember a guy trying to do me upstairs. I had borrowed a pair of my sister's black silk pants and I was trying oh so hard to be careful with them. I had a terrific time but I do remember throwing up all the way back to Bklyn because it was my first time experimenting with ludes & I had been drinking, smoking and God only knows what else at the time. So, was it 633 or 653 B'way?? I do recall Bleecker being the cross street. Holla!

Infinity was unique. Had it all. The lights, the sound and air conditioned. One word can describe it..."surreal".

The club was owned by a short dark Brooklyn born Jewish guy named Jay Levy. Levy made his money in the NYC insutance industry. He was a broker. He always wore as bunch of gold chains including the Horn and a gold coke spoon. ALthought he was married, he had an apartment on the side in a new high rise on Third Avenue between 37th & 38th Sts. NYC. In his apt he had a smaller version of the giant neon penises he had in the club. He had huge bags of cocaine and his nostrils were caked with the stuff.

The ubiform for the hot girls in the club back then was matching Terry cloth tank tops and short shorts with high heels. Guys wore sneakers and jeans and usually no shirts. Remember the long bar that ran the length of the room, which had one long rectangular dance floor. At each end of the dance floor were giant water dispensers.

Sex and quaaludes were daily happenings at the club.

The fire that destroyed the club was declared arson and the insurance company wouldn't pay...that's why the club never reopened. The building owner, Martin J. Fine sued the insurance company and it took years..and years. Jay Levy eventually went to jail for insurance fraud. And as a college junior in 1978, before it burned down, I met the most amazing older woman, Leigh, and had the best summer of my life.

653 Broadway

This was the best place for sure. I was lucky to get in once, due to some eyeliner and a gold spoon around my neck....they rest was history and paradise!! I never made to class the next morning with a clear head and failed my exams as well as the rest of the senior year!! Went to a Joe Kauzi Tramps special last week and it was great!!! Wow, I do miss those great times....as today we need another Steve and Ian to jam some creativity into the club designers brains as what is out there cannot even tough Infinity.......I still live and love NYC and if these seen germinates again it will be here!!
Peace people!

no club could compare. studio, xenon pretenders! my only regret is that i didnt find it sooner. spent years going to dress up clubs in westchester, long island and jersey. the upsatirs lounge , oh! my! GOD!! Ameyl Nitrate for all! wow what party nights. anyone remember black dude named greene?

This was the only place in the world like it. The neon p**** on the wall, and then get up and dance there. Silver Shoes and all the club characters. i danced on the bar, went upstairs all the time, smoked w*** and walked around like it was nothing. Studio 54 was the most popular but paled in comparison. Most of those wonderful party people arent with us and they live on in my mind and my memory. The Le Clique Parties with the wild invitations and the theme's. Pajama Party,S&M , The Star War parties!!! I went to clubs after that and still do but they are mere imitations, and not even good at that.

THIS WAS THE PLACE FOR ME. JIM BURGESS A TRUE MAESTRO OF THIS ERA. CERRONE, MORODER, BORIS MIDNEY, DONNA SUMMER TO NAME A FEW. THE MUSIC, MIXES, & LIGHTS WERE FLUID & FLAWLESS. 4 MIRRORED BALLS STRETCHED OUT AND ALL THOSE NEON LIGHTS (WOWWWWWWWWW!) OH BY THE WAY THE UPSTAIRS LOUNGE. I WAS ON MY WAY THERE WITH MY CHICK THE NIGHT IT BURNED DOWN FEB. 14TH 197?

all i can say is nudity , nudity nudity

653 broadway @ bleecker street