Decadent Photos From Legendary
1980s New York Nightclub Area
By Jason Diamond
FLAVORWIRE
on Nov 12, 2013 8:45am
If there’s one thing you
can always find in the City of New York, it’s one truly great spot where people
go to dance, hook up, score and do drugs, watch celebrities do all of those
things, and most importantly, get photographed. Lower Manhattan club Area (along
with Limelight and Danceteria) was that place between 1983 and 1987, during
that weird post-Factory, post-disco, post-punk, pre-Giuliani, pre-Brooklyn
renaissance era that, crucially, coincided with the growing AIDS crisis that
changed New York nightlife forever.
Area threw parties that struck a perfect balance between the decadent
and the downright campy, capturing a perfect snapshot of the last days of a
certain kind of New York City, its elaborate themes attracting plenty of famous
names. Sadly (not to mention predictably), the building that once housed Area
has been turned into condos, but the club lives on in Area: 1983-1987, Eric and Jennifer Goode’s
chronicle of its short, memorable life. Click through to preview a few of the
book’s many incredible photos.
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