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In 1979 I was going out with a blonde model from Buffalo. She came home late one night. Her excuse was Arthur Weinstein. The name was familiar, since I was was working at Hurrah, which he had owned before selling out to Robert Boyngon. I ran into Arthur on 2nd Avenue. He was with Scottie. […]

“How do you like it here?” Bruce Benderson asked in the courtyard of the Palm Beach house which a telecommunications millionaire has entrusted in my care. His East European friends were cooking lunch. Glenn his friend was perusing Anthony Haden-Guest’s book on New York nightlife. Our mutual friend Scottie Taylor featured in several chapter. We […]

Arthur Weinstein, Who Redesigned Nightlife in Manhattan, Dies at 60
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
Published: July 13, 2008
In the glittery, manic, often ostentatiously naughty 1970s and ’80s, Arthur Weinstein was king of the night. His kingdom was a new breed of nightclubs that transcended disco balls, tired formulas and strobe lights to become ultra-hip destinations for those deemed […]

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In June 1966 Truman Capote invited 500 people to a soiree at the Plaza Hotel. This event has come to be known as ‘the party of the century’. I was 14 at the time. Truman never sent me an invitation, but by the time I arrived in New York the city’s nightlife was no longer […]