177 Townsend - Closing weekend parties

[@briankoch1121]

Wow…. Awesome video brings back memories for sure

[@Klacto1]

We “tore it up!” every single weekend in the 90’s & “CLUB UNIVERSE”! …”DREAMLAND”!…I loved it when BOTH SIDES were open! DJ’s of HOUSE!!!!DEEP❤all nite till dawn.

[@nmbiztalk]

🙌❤ when Ruben would play. Hell yeah to when the back was open! RIP Frankie Knuckles!

[@EmilGabrielNYC]

Where dreams were made of! So so so so much soul!

[@TheTurk56523]

I remembered June 1990 I spent a couple of hours in City Nights. Later at about 3am I found Townsend. I had some great times over there. Heck! San Francisco was a hot party town.

[@norcalio]

I played at this party, upstairs. Thank You Xavier for this party! I had a great time.

[@DutchStar]

First club I ever snuck into at 4am using the stamp duplicate trick, then I eventually given the opportunity to dj on the King St. side.

[@Calibird77]

Ahhhh love this. So many memories 🌈

[@ERSCAUS]

Universe played a part in people's lives from all over the world indeed! I lived in Bay Area for 24 years and now I'm back in Cape Town. Most famous act I watched there (out of many!) was Erasure. I miss being so young and carefree.

[@brianharrison3676]

:-) it sure did

[@brianharrison3676]

I have so many memories of this club.....ones i'll never forget. It was my FIRST time in a nightclub....20 years old few months living in San Francisco from little old Derry , Ireland. How I remember all my nights there I have no idea.....especially the one when I brought all the nursing staff I worked with from UCSF until it closed Sunday morning.....cue.....the end up. ssssssssh ;-) Awwwwww......an amazing time I actually do wish I was 20 and doing that all again. This brought all the memories back....all the people I partied with there. Thanks for the video :-)

[@TheVintagesteal]

The End Up could get pretty crazy ,even at 6 a.m. Went many times after Townsend and it was never boring....

[@jacknjill3000]

Watching this was like having a big reunion with everyone I knew from back then. I was clubbing every weekend around this time and got to know many of the djs, club promoters while working at BPM records for 4 years. I’ve watched the club and house music scene grow from just filling up a small bar size club to larger clubs like Townsend and Sound factory. Back when we were mostly single and young and lived for the clubs on the weekends. Thanks Audrey for owning Townsend!

[@michaelbruno1330]

I used to have so much fun there. The music was great always the hottest dj"s spinning on the deck. Many fun times on the platforms dancing! Every week a different theme.... We used to dance til the wee hours of the morning then go out for breakfast afterwards.

[@EmilGabrielNYC]

Ahhh what incredible times!

[@markedward4290]

Dancing on top of the Speakers.

[@jzblue]

One of my all time favorite clubs second to sound factory original nyc

[@markdenney4938]

I miss universe. I miss how young I was then too.

[@kelvinholifield762]

I miss this place so much,,,

[@lacarlousjackson8]

The music was smooth with a touch of frank ocean

[@BayAreaEventDesigns]

This video made me sad and happy I stepped every corner of this video from the bridge to parking across the street facing the club to those hot steaming bathrooms the dj booth where I met my mentor DJ David Harness the greatest DJ producer writer preacher of underground house I have ever met and that was my friends Lani and Isaac at the end of the video saying hi. I met people from all over the world at this club and even though it was mostly gay I always hooked up with there straight girl friends. This club was and is what the Garage was to Chicago. Universe is to San Francisco thank you for the video DJ Rocky

[@jdutch]

Thanks. Glad I captured some of the last weekend and people can relive those great times.

[@justthareaper]

Hands dwn the best party I have ever been to

[@jewels71280]

i was there ! thank u lord

[@greysmiles]

Me too! Still the best club ever!

[@kylewesson2022]

I was there until the bittersweet end. Such an amazing place.

[@DiSyFer]

Oh yeah Club Universe, Carefree, Wicked, Lift,… we did that! And would do it all again! 😉

[@davidlanfair]

ya CareFree, forgot about that. Wicked parties always popped up in weird places.

[@LaColombiana916]

Thanks for posting..loved the Universe..miss it..awesome memories!

[@EssamAlGhalib]

I cried watching this.

[@SECRETCINEMALOSANGELES]

i was there for this

[@Calibeachgtl1024]

Cool went to nwc at king street plenty of times

[@klunkerbill]

Any of the original staff visit this video? We had some fun, didn't we? Nice to see Doc came back a dozen years later for the closer. RIP 177.

[@stevenzimmerman9234]

Great Video that captures the essence of 177 Townsend. Universe certainly made quite an impression on me. I managed a few trips to SF in my early 20's, amazing! Can anyone name the songs that are playing in the time period 5 minutes 14 minutes (especially like 11:45 -15:30 min)?

[@gbates2824]

I wondered what happened to this place. I had some great times there.

[@DiSyFer]

The early 90s in San Francisco was dope! The crowd was beautiful, sophisticated, mature and the vibe was sexy. The sound system was state of the art and I remember the lights would lower right above the crowd. We had a fuckin blast. I remember coming to this place for a Rave Called Sharon (after 2am) and often times King Street “Love Garage” which is another club on the backside of this. Sometimes they would connected the two spaces together. Places like this should never close and it’s so sad that anyone could come to that conclusion. What is wrong with folks?

[@tonyinsf]

The lights coming down was the best!

[@tonyinsf]

My dying wish would be to spend one final night at Universe.

[@nmbiztalk]

I was there during them times. I miss those days! I loved the three day parties. Metrodome or Thunderdome. Not sure #3dayparty

[@tonyinsf]

Pleasuredome on Sunday nights. 😘

[@nmbiztalk]

@@tonyinsf 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@nmbiztalk]

Many, many memories there. Every event I went to was memorable!

[@nmbiztalk]

I bumped into Miguel Migs table for my brother’s private party for his GF’s birthday while he was spinning some great classics. My brother paid him like $350. Lol. Sorry Miguel. Party jerk! 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@TheVintagesteal]

Carefree ..... Wicked ! Nikki ...... Nikki Rivera! I miss your majik.Doc Martin, Wicked crew,Hardkiss..Dutch,Jeno, Thomas,Spun, Markie Mark,Dijit...Garth

[@ignazs.5816]

All the good clubs were closed by the time I was legally able to go inside in 2004. Pretty sad. There will never be another time like before 2010.

[@bronxborn70]

What is the venue now?

[@jdutch]

Not a club. The whole block was sold and re-done when they built the SF Giants baseball park.

[@TheVintagesteal]

@@jdutch unreal.And surreal.

[@michaelbruno1330]

It's now overpriced apartments.