Word: interior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...physical surroundings go beyond the merely functional. Several clubs have in fact taken on established artists such as Andy Warhol to give the clubs' interior a highly self-conscious artistic touch. Mury puts it succinctly: "Art becomes nightlife and nightlife becomes...
...designers of Palladium have highlighted the theatrical aspects of the interior by positioning the dance floor where the stage used to be. People-watching is further encouraged by the conversion of the ascending rows, which once held seats, into pillowed lounge areas...
Perhaps the best forum for flirting with such fantasies is TriBeCa's premier nightclub, Area. Every six weeks the club spends $60,000 and 300 man-hours revamping its interior to promote a new theme. Past themes have included "surburbia," "obelisks," and "passion," all of which entailed major structural changes, bizarre invitations, and display cases complete with live models acting out an aspect of the theme. On Halloween night a masked man attacked a hanging animal carcass with a chainsaw...
...people shopping at Bean's might cross the street to do some more shopping--became obvious to Denney in 1982, when he opened a factory outlet for his shoes in what had been a Western Auto store on Main Street. "You know, we put in brick walks, natural oak interiors and carpeting. We spent over $150,000 just doing the interior of the store. I acquired two adjoining buildings and rehabbed those and put in six retail stores." And how well are they doing? "Extremely well...
...salamander angle gained credibility the following day when another pipe bomb critically injured Hofmann as he was climbing into his parked car half a block from Salt Lake City's Temple Square. In the Toyota's blackened interior, investigators found pipes and other equipment for bomb manufacture, as well as rare books and valuable documents relating to the Mormon Church. Hofmann, it seemed, had accidentally set off a bomb of his own making. After eight hours of surgery, Hofmann, who was expected to survive, maintained from his hospital bed that he was a target, not an assailant. But police...