Tag Archives: Chelsea

The $800,000 Parking Space

Apartments in a new Manhattan high-rise come with what are arguably the world’s most expensive parking spots. Because the building has a dedicated car elevator that transports your vehicle up to an enclosed space outside your front door. An equivalent amount of floor space in that building would sell for about $800,000. Hit the link for more and for a …

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FRIDAY: Blowoff NYC @ Highline Ballroom

Blowoff will bust its sweaty, furry self into Chelsea’s Highline Ballroom this Friday. Doors open at 11:30pm. Advance tickets here. This party will probably sell out.

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Limelight To Become IHOP

Chelsea’s iconic Limelight nightclub, which became a mini-mall a few years ago, is getting a new tenant: IHOP. The pancake house will occupy the bottom two floors of the former Episcopalian church. IHOP expects the site to become one of their top-grossing locations.

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TRAILER: Limelight

It may be a boring-ass mini-mall today, but once upon a time the Limelight was the nightclub. I didn’t live in NYC during its heyday, but I always made at least one visit any time I was in town. It’s the only nightclub I’ve ever been thrown out of! True story. I also own the starburst light fixture that used …

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FRIDAY: Blowoff NYC @ Highline Ballroom

Blowoff will bust its sweaty, furry self into Chelsea’s Highline Ballroom this Friday. Doors open at 11:30pm. Advance tickets here. This party will probably sell out.

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SOLD: Hotel Chelsea

Manhattan’s Hotel Chelsea, arguably the most famed home of New York City’s arts legends, has been sold and is closed. Saturday night was, by all indications, the last night that the Chelsea Hotel on West 23rd Street would be open to guests, though the duration of the closing, the first in its history, was unknown. The building is to be …

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FRIDAY: Blowoff NYC @ Highline Ballroom

The gay pride edition of Blowoff will bust its sweaty, furry self into Chelsea’s Highline Ballroom this Friday. Doors open at 11:30pm. Advance tickets here. This party will probably sell out.

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FRIDAY: Blowoff NYC @ Highline Ballroom

Doors open 11:30PM, advance tickets are $15. One of these days, I’m going to get around to framing one of their great posters. By the way, Bob Mould’s memoir, See A Little Light: The Trail Of Rage And Melody, comes out on June 15th.

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of its producers, this week’s Swag Tuesday prize is two tickets to Evolution Of A Dancer, a novel dance party that will explore the history of gay nightclubbing. Evolution Of A Dancer takes place this Sunday, February 20th at Manhattan’s Rebel club. Performing that night are legendary DJs Susan Morabito, Michael Fierman, and John Celgia. While dance culture has …

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MSNBC On Chelsea’s Gay Santas

MSNBC follows-up on the NYT’s Christmas Eve story.

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Miracle On 22nd Street

What happens when a gay couple in NYC’s Chelsea neighborhood mysteriously get hundreds of letters to Santa addressed to their apartment? Watch the clip and then read Father Tony’s excellent follow-up interview. UPDATE: Watch the video on the New York Times site.

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Google Buys 111 Eighth Avenue

Google has agreed to pay $1.8B for its massive Manhattan office building, which looms over Chelsea and covers an entire city block. Real estate watchers say the move signals a rebounding in New York’s long-slumping office space market. “This decision is further evidence that large-scale buildings are trading once again,” said Ross Moskowitz, a real estate lawyer at Stroock & …

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SLIDESHOW: Blowoff NYC

Another fantastic Blowoff party last night, where I hung out for a bit with Alan Cumming and singer/songwriter Aiden James, and met lots of handsome JMG readers. And Rich Morel even played his smoking remix of Cumming’s Next To Me, one of my favorite tracks of the year. Full-screen photos are here. Enjoy the hotties.

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FRIDAY: Blowoff NYC @ Highline Ballroom

The brawny beery bears of Blowoff return to Manhattan’s Highline Ballroom tomorrow night. Expect the usual mayhem. Doors open at 11:30pm. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Check out a recent Blowoff setlist from DJs Rich Morel and Bob Mould.

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TONIGHT: Anti-Violence Project To Hold Manhattan Gay-Bashing Vigil

The NYC Anti-Violence Project will hold a vigil tonight at the Chelsea location of this weekend’s brutal attack against a group of gay men. Facebook event page here. “We will not allow perpetrators of anti-LGBTQ violence to come into our communities and target us. Today we send a strong message that our communities will not be intimidated by this violence …

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Gay-Bashers Hit Two NYC Gayborhoods

Gay bashing incidents were reported in two Manhattan gayborhoods over the weekend, including one that actually took place inside the historic Stonewall Inn. Two Staten Island men were accused of pummeling Benjamin Carver, 34, early Sunday at the West Village bar known as the birthplace of the gay-rights movement. The battered Carver of Washington D.C., fought back and later identified …

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FRIDAY: Blowoff NYC @ Highline Ballroom, Enter To Win Tickets Here On JMG

Blowoff returns to NYC’s Highline Ballroom in Chelsea this Friday. Doors open 11:30pm, advance tickets $15. Comment on this post to WIN a pair of tickets to Friday’s party. Please remember to leave your email address IN THE TEXT of your comment. Entries close at midnight tonight, west coast time. We have two pairs of tickets up for grabs and …

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NEW YORK CITY: M2 Club To Reopen

After closing them in March for smoking ban violations, NYC’s Health Department will allow M2 Ultra Lounge to reopen. The Chelsea hotspot must pay $7,500 in fines and submit a plan to the city detailing how it will stop patrons from lighting up. It was one of several clubs busted in a Health Department undercover sting in January. Undercover inspectors …

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Pride Parade Pass Out

Lots more Pride-related Missed Connections at This Is FYF. (Tipped by JMG reader Foxy)

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Folsom Street East: Sunday, June 20th

New York City’s annual leather street festival, Folsom Street East, is next Sunday, June 20th. Inspired by San Francisco’s legendary Folsom Street Fair, FSE was founded in 1997 by former Gay Male S/M Activists (GMSMA) chair John Weis and a cohort of similarly-minded New York City leathermen. “I thought that having a fun day in the sun for the SM/leather …

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