Alcohol and short term memory loss at 80's night...

[Michael J. Salo]

> The Attic is closed for good.  They've already moved its pinball machine
> down to the Upstage.  The 5th floor (Laga's balcony) has been mostly
> renovated into apartments (3-BR family-style places that will be going for
> $2500/mo, I understand.)  Allegedly, there are already early-birds who
> have signed leases.  The 4th floor (Laga proper) is gone on March 31st,
> and will also be turned into apartments.  I'm not sure what's planned
> for the Attic, but I'd guess apartments, too.  The Upstage is supposed
> to remain open, regardless, and will be getting most of Laga's lighting
> equipment.  I don't know what's going on with the sound gear, though.
> Also, the wall separating the Upstage's bar from the dancefloor has been
> removed, but the modular fencing that used to be used for the hip-hop
> queue will be set up for all-ages events like Ceremony.

What a depressing turn of events, I feel sorry for all of yinz.

If part of the building is indeed going to be apartments, it seems like a
really bad mix to keep any club going in the complex at all.  Aren't those
wealthy tenants going to complain constantly about the club noise, and about
the mobs of drunken patrons loitering around the building?  I wonder how
long that will last.

Michael J. Salo
www.strangefortune.com