Where I had the most fun in 2010.
The basement at
Sloane NYC
This former pop-up shop on the corner of Mott and Broome streets, housed a beautiful line of redesigned vintage clothing by Brian Stanziale. The designer and his friends/business partners used to throw parties in the basement where they had a small bar set up and an even tinier DJ booth. The parties were private, for-those-in-the-know type of events, but eventually people in the neighborhood took notice and Brian had people knocking on his door on any given night in search of loud music and cheap booze. Sadly, they lost the space back in June.
Sloane NYC
This former pop-up shop on the corner of Mott and Broome streets, housed a beautiful line of redesigned vintage clothing by Brian Stanziale. The designer and his friends/business partners used to throw parties in the basement where they had a small bar set up and an even tinier DJ booth. The parties were private, for-those-in-the-know type of events, but eventually people in the neighborhood took notice and Brian had people knocking on his door on any given night in search of loud music and cheap booze. Sadly, they lost the space back in June.
99 Richardson
The grubby warehouse on 99 Richardson street in Williamsburg, dubbed The Shank, was the scene for a number of raucous after-hours parties until it shut down after a month-long run in 2009. Fortunately, the spot reopened in September to once again breath life into the underground party scene. I attended one of Feed the Starving Artists' Heaven and Hell themed parties at 99 Richardson over the summer. There we three different rooms with DJs (Hell in the basement and Heaven on the roof) fire dancers, a graffiti wall, beer pong etc. When the cops came to shut down the party, everyone had a costume on so the party coordinators pretended we were extras in a movie they were filming. It worked!
Sullivan Room - Dedicated to underground electronic, Sullivan Room hosted a series of One Family parties featuring notable DJs from the dubstep, drum n bass, and 2 step scenes like Ginz and Hellfire Machina.
Friday Night Throwdown - Secret underground boxing matches held on the 2nd floor of the empty warehouse on the corner of Allen and Delancey street. $15 entry. Music by DJ MessKid. Throwdown had a home-made boxing rink with a DJ booth and bar on either side. This party was unlike any I had ever been to before in New York.
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| Summer Camp at Highbar. |
Summer Camp at Highbar - All summer long Highbar had burgers, hot gay men, and pink frozen drinks that tasted like candy, but smelled of strong vodka. This was the best spot to go to on Wednesdays and Sundays for a relaxing, summer-barbeque-style vibe in Manhattan.
Le Bain - The second club to open in The Standard Hotel, Le Bain was pretty cool when it opened over the summer. They have a small jacuzzi pool (which I never dared dip in because it just doesn't seem sanitary), and a roofdeck covered in Astroturf; but they don't play the music loud enough up there.
Kenmare - The small basement club located at 98 Kenmare street served as this year's staple spot for the socialite/hipster crowd that formerly sought out nighttime revelries at Paul Sevigny's Beatrice.
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