The Bank
The Bank was a decrepit stone building at the tail end of Houston Street, on the last divide between the gritty East Village and the wilds of the Lower East Side. It was once the headquarters of Van Alen investment and brokerage house. It is an imposing, squat presence, a paradigm of the beaux-arts style, with a classice six-column facade and an intimidating fow of "dentals"- razor-sharp serrations on the pediment's surface. It was empty and abondoned for many years before becoming a night club. It stands on the corner of Houston and Essex. There is a lounge on the top floor. The windows look out on the view of Avenue A.
The Repository is located deep below The Bank. The Bank itself is a fluke. It was empty but people noticed people going in and never coming out so they rented out the top floors.
The Repository is located deep below The Bank. The Bank itself is a fluke. It was empty but people noticed people going in and never coming out so they rented out the top floors.
Block 122
Located right next door to The Bank. It's an exclusive night club for the city's most beautiful, envied, notorious, and all-powerful citizens.
It was the kind of nightclub that existed only once every decade- at a point in the social nexus when the gods of publicity, fashion, and celebrity converged to create a singularly spectacular environment. Following in the hallowed tradition of mid-'70s Studio 54, late-'80s Palladium, and early-'90s Moomba, Block 122 was a defining iconic realm. It had a clientèle of the city's most envied, notorious, and all-powerful.
It had astronomical membership dues. The most sought-after table was always filled with underage models, movies stars, and children of the rich and famous. Mimi Force sits at that table, she's there nearly every Friday.
There is a secret back room known as "the Land of Nod". It's where they hid the druggies who had passed out. It has been described as a closet.
It was the kind of nightclub that existed only once every decade- at a point in the social nexus when the gods of publicity, fashion, and celebrity converged to create a singularly spectacular environment. Following in the hallowed tradition of mid-'70s Studio 54, late-'80s Palladium, and early-'90s Moomba, Block 122 was a defining iconic realm. It had a clientèle of the city's most envied, notorious, and all-powerful.
It had astronomical membership dues. The most sought-after table was always filled with underage models, movies stars, and children of the rich and famous. Mimi Force sits at that table, she's there nearly every Friday.
There is a secret back room known as "the Land of Nod". It's where they hid the druggies who had passed out. It has been described as a closet.
