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IN ABSENCE OF AMNESIA by Peter Nolan Smith

August 3, 2008 – 10:50 am

New York in the summer of 1981 was everything it wasn’t in the winter of 1979. The temperature boiled the asphalt. Punk had been replaced by New Wave and somehow the city had escaped bankruptcy. Money flowed on the streets and even the East Village exhibited signs of regeneration, since abandoned tenements can only be […]

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Arthur Weinstein NY TIMES OBIT

July 15, 2008 – 9:55 am

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 […]

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