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• A RORT FOR GAYS RIS MANHATTAN
• NYC'S 42ND STREET IS GETTG A NEW URBAN GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY CELTE LAVAUGT 17, 2010/3:46 PMBY CELTE LAVAUGT 17, 2010 / 3:46 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NYC'S 42ND STREET IS GETTG A NEW URBAN GAY RORT","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-08-17T19:46:32.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-08-17T19:46:32.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CELTE LAV","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A SKETCH OF AXEL HOTELS' PROPOSED GAY RORT, THE OUT NYC. IMAGE VIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEW YORK’S FIRST GAY URBAN RORT PLEX IS SCHLED TO BE OPEN FALL 2011. THE OUT NYC WILL CLU 90,000 SQUARE FEET OF HOTEL, RTRANT, RETAIL AND NIGHTCLUB SPACE ON W 42ND STREET, JT A FEW BLOCKS OM THE HEART OF TIM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE ARE GOG TO BE A HETERO-IENDLY URBAN RORT, WHICH MEANS WE ARE GOG TO TURN IAN SCHRAGER’S NCEPT UPSI DOWN. HIS HOTELS 20 YEARS AGO WERE MORE 80 PERCENT STRAIGHT AND 20 PERCENT GAY-IENDLY,” SAID IAN REISNER OF PARKVIEW DEVELOPERS TOLD NY1 NEWS. “HERE WE HOPE TO BE MORE OF A TE HETERO-IENDLY PLEX — A GAY ENVIRONMENT WHERE STRAIGHT IENDS AND FAY ARE WELE TO E AND ENJOY OUR FUN TOO.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RUN BY AXEL HOTELS, OUT NYC IS SET TO HAVE 127 ROOMS, THAT WILL N FOR LS THAN $300 A NIGHT CLUDG SEVERAL “SLA, SHARED LUXURY ACMODATNS” THAT WILL ST $99 FOR YOUNGER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE HOTEL WILL HOE A SPA, POOL CLUB, AND GYM WH MEMBERSHIP OPEN TO THE MUNY AND A 2,500 SQUARE FOOT TERG FACILY. IT WILL ALSO CLU A 24-HOUR Fé AND A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IN THIS NIGHTLIFE VENUE WE ARE GOG TO HAVE A DAY BAR THAT WILL STAY OPEN UNTIL LATE THE NIGHT. WE’RE ALSO GOG TO HAVE A 5,000 SQUARE FOOT NIGHTCLUB FOR ENOUGH ROOM FOR 650 PEOPLE TO DANCE,” REISNER ALSO STATED THE NY1 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE HOTEL WILL OCCUPY THE SPACE THAT WAS ONCE A HOMELS SHELTER, BUT HAS BEEN ABANDONED FOR SEVERAL YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THE HOTEL IS NOT SCHLED TO OPEN UNTIL 2011, THE CLUB WILL BE READY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MORE ON GAY TRAVEL AND NEW YORK CY, VIS TRIPOUT'S NEW YORK CY DTATN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• GAY-FRIENDLY RTRANTS NEW YORK CY

A RORT FOR GAYS RIS MANHATTAN

Do anyone know where the gay club 42nd Street/The Power Company was? I recently stumbled upon a thread where people scribed as the bt (gay) dance club between DC and Atlanta the 80s and 90s, but uldn't fd a whole of rmatn about onle. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTSquare FeetA Rort for Gays Ris ManhattanAug.

17, 2010Six years ago, after Ian Simpson Reisner, a veloper New York, spent a few pleasurable nights at the Axel Hotel Barcelona — part of a small cha of upsle hotels aimed at gay visors — he was stck wh an ia. Now, after securg a lease, clearg licensg hurdl, startg a buzz the gay prs and perfectg archectural plans by Pl Domguez of Parkview, the Out NYC Urban Rort — what Mr. ) The $30 ln, 90, 000-square-foot plex is to have rtrants and bars, a spa, a receptn hall, retail stor and a huge seven-nights-a-week dance club, along wh a 127-room Axel NYC is one of a number of gay-themed entertament plex recently opened or planned.

“The plac provi a ncentrated feelg of muny, ” said Thomas Roth, print of Communy Marketg, a pany San Francis that specializ gay and lbian market rearch. ” Bengiveno/The New York TimNightlife plex like the Dun Rort Sgatuck, Mich., and the Crown & Anchor Provcetown, Mass., have long been stapl of gay rort towns. And other big projects aimed at gay ctomers are on the horizon, cludg a 1, 000-room hotel and party palace adjacent to the Strip Las a time when acceptance of gay people seems to be creasg, such rorts might seem superfluo.

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“We n’t assume there is a ‘gay ctomer’ anymore, ” he said. There is a lot of diversy among people who intify themselv as lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr, he said, and “some want all gay all the time — pecially if they’re om, say, Omaha. 1 domtic statn for Amerin gay and lbian while the tourist-crowd potential is certaly not lost on Mr.

Reisner ( a not-yet-released promotnal vio about the property, he said seven ln gay tourists vised New York last year), he also said he hoped to attract lol rints. It will be operated by a number of gay-nightclub pros, cludg John Blair and Beto Sutter, who have 25 years of promotg experience at the now-funct clubs Limelight and Roxy, and who owned the origal XL Chelsea before losg their lease several years ago. ”A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn B, Page 7 of the New York edn wh the headle: A Rort for Gays Ris Manhattan.

GAY-FRIENDLY RTRANTS NEW YORK CY

A sketch of Axel Hotels' proposed gay rort, The Out NYC. Image via York’s first gay urban rort plex is schled to be open Fall 2011. His hotels 20 years ago were more 80 percent straight and 20 percent gay-iendly, ” said Ian Reisner of Parkview Developers told NY1 news.

“Here we hope to be more of a te hetero-iendly plex — a gay environment where straight iends and fay are wele to e and enjoy our fun too. We’re also gog to have a 5, 000 square foot nightclub for enough room for 650 people to dance, ” Reisner also stated the NY1 hotel will occupy the space that was once a homels shelter, but has been abandoned for several years the hotel is not schled to open until 2011, the club will be ready more on gay travel and New York Cy, vis TripOut's New York Cy Dtatn Gui.