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Neighbors Aren’t Feeling Sting and Bowie’s Burlesque Club

NIMBY neighbors don't want David Bowie's dirty club.
NIMBY neighbors don’t want David Bowie’s dirty club.haha Photo: Daniel Maurer

In a bit of dog-bites-man news, it seems certain neighbors aren’t digging the idea of Forty Deuce, the burlesque club that’s due to replace Little Charlie’s Clam Bar at 19 Kenmare Street. Screams this flyer we found on Grand and Mott today: “OUR LITTLE ITALY / CHINATOWN / BOWERY / NOLITA COMMUNITY IS NOT GOING TO BE THE NEWTIMES SQUAREFOR UPSCALE TRENDY LATE-NIGHT PARTY-GOERS.” Are these the same citizens-on-patrol who are trying to get the Box closed because it wasn’t the “cultural institution” it promised to be? We advise them to tune in here, because we hear something big — bigger even than Double Happiness’ upscale trendy makeover, maybe — is coming to the LitItChiBoNo neighborhood soon.

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Neighbors Aren’t Feeling Sting and Bowie’s Burlesque Club