Twilo
{{Short description|Former American nightclub}}
Twilo was an American nightclub in operation from 1995 to 2001 in New York City, and from 2006 to 2007 in Miami.{{cite news |first= Tricia |last= Romano |title= Village Voice Best of NY 2001 |url= http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/bestof/2001/detail.php?id=3035 |work= Village Voice |accessdate= 2008-06-18 |archive-date= 2007-03-21 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070321030606/http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/bestof/2001/detail.php?id=3035 |url-status= dead }}
Closing
file:Twilo - dancefloor (small).jpg
Twilo had been under pressure to close from then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani ever since the launch of his controversial quality-of-life campaign.{{Citation needed|date=July 2007}} Still, the club managed to hold onto its cabaret license until early 2001, when a spate of previous allegations re-surfaced in connection with a claim by city authorities that the club had misused private ambulances to hide victims of drug overdoses.{{cite news |first= Jennifer |last= Steunhaur |title= Ex-Worker Says Nightclub Hid Ailing Patrons |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/21/nyregion/ex-worker-says-nightclub-hid-ailing-patrons.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share |accessdate= 2019-09-11 |work=The New York Times |date= 21 April 2001 |archive-date= 2023-04-08 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230408042030/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/21/nyregion/ex-worker-says-nightclub-hid-ailing-patrons.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share |url-status= live }} Club management claimed that the ambulance was obtained by recommendation of the city.
The space on West 27th Street was reused as various other nightclubs over the following years, including Spirit and B.E.D., the latter of which shuttered in 2007 shortly after an incident where manager Granville Adams pushed Orlando Valle to his death down the elevator shaft.{{cite web |date=4 February 2007 |title=Man dies in elevator shaft plunge at posh club |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna16972091 |website=NBC News |agency=Associated Press |access-date=28 January 2024 |archive-date=28 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128204836/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna16972091 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Leventhal |first1=Ben |date=8 February 2007 |title=BREAKING: Nightclub B.E.D. Calls it Quits |url=https://ny.eater.com/2007/2/8/6819125/breaking-nightclub-b-e-d-calls-it-quits |website=Eater NY |access-date=28 January 2024 |archive-date=28 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128204836/https://ny.eater.com/2007/2/8/6819125/breaking-nightclub-b-e-d-calls-it-quits |url-status=live }} In 2011, the space was bought by immersive theater company Emursive as the home of Sleep No More in a venue called the McKittrick Hotel.{{cite web |last1=Solish |first1=Scott |date=2 February 2011 |title=Adaptive Re-uses |url=https://ny.eater.com/2011/2/2/6699091/adaptive-re-uses |website=Eater NY |access-date=28 January 2024 |archive-date=28 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128204836/https://ny.eater.com/2011/2/2/6699091/adaptive-re-uses |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Soloski |first=Alexis |date=8 November 2023 |title='Sleep No More' to Close in January |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/theater/sleep-no-more-closing.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=21 December 2024}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeuzFEaZUys A Video] of Steve Lawler playing the song "Musak (Steve Lawler Remix)" by Trisco at Twilo.
- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Twilo-New-York/123649204328286?fref=ts Dedicated Facebook page
{{Chelsea, Manhattan}}
{{LGBT culture in New York}}
Category:1995 establishments in New York City
Category:2001 disestablishments in New York (state)
Category:2006 establishments in Florida
Category:2007 disestablishments in Florida
Category:Defunct LGBTQ drinking establishments in New York City
Category:Defunct LGBTQ nightclubs in New York (state)
Category:Electronic dance music venues
Category:LGBTQ history in Florida