Studio 54 New York virtual walk-around

[@davidlees685]

Great Job!!! I was the In-House Design Director for the club from 1982-1983 and was responsible for the look of the club, events, and private parties.

[@robertdexter5342]

Cool ❤

[@yaddiiell]

Omggg no wayyy I need stories please

[@Greencloud8]

It went from the disco to the bookclub

[@Greencloud8]

I have a question, is it me or did the upstairs not shwon virtually? and was there a basement?

[@keisha78]

Hello, do you still design for nightclubs?

[@elainechez7628]

The Logistics are pretty close...Good job! I performed on the Catwalk there. My dressing room was in the dungeon. Also, the Man in the Moon Light Fixture speckled dots into his nose when the music started really pumping. When you got to the 2nd level with the cylinder couches, then people would go up to the next level and hang in the theatre seats. It will always be my life's paaaar-tee!

[@JM-pi1vf]

Elaine Chez what was the “dungeon”!? 🙂

[@PachinhoG2024]

J M the basement were things went down

[@peacefulbliss1]

What year was this? Back during the heyday?

[@evy8582]

Wow

[@ttdenadaabba2149]

@@peacefulbliss1Its Grand Opening night was on 04/26/1977 It ended on 02/04/1980.

[@FranklinWilson-ev9dq]

WISH IT WAS STILL HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'D DEFINITELY, BE THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND REST IN PEACE, TO ALL OF THOSE, THAT HELPED CREATE, THIS ADULT, WONDERLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cecimartinez1777]

JUST ONE..ONE NIGHT AT STUDIO 54 BACK WHEN IT ALL BEGAN!!!

[@MsMonika59]

I was there from Australia. A disco night I never forget. I still love the 80’s disco music, it makes me feel young again. 😊

[@billyleroy2465]

I went almost every night from 1978-1981 and this is incredible ..good job!

[@billyleroy2465]

@@Tiffany.1970 no i didnt bring a camera...there are tons of interior photos online.

[@josefineenelidroos6444]

What was your favorite memory from those nights? Im born 1989 but I’ve been so fascinated by studio since I was a kid

[@billyleroy2465]

@@josefineenelidroos6444 the dancing and music.. It was totally diffrent then nightclubs today.. Once you got in you where equal with the celebs...no bouncers anywhere except at at the front entrance...have you seen the 2019 Documentary on 54?...its really good Very accurate .

[@alexchris8084]

Born in 89’ and obsessed! TELL US WHAT YOU SAW !!!

[@miguelvidal7214]

Hola saludos desde Madrid. Actualmente que hay en ese local ..sigue la disco cerrada. Gracias

[@djMorabito]

this is amazing, now the kids can see how well the clubs were done back then! Thank you for your efforts!

[@yannisstath]

this is great. when I travelled to NY from Australia the door guy at studio 54 let me and my friend in to have a look around. it was a dream come true for me. total fantasy.

[@heiswise2012]

This was great! Thanks a lot for the virtual tour. I am a big fan of disco music and I have been fascinated for years by this legendary nightclub and seen documentaries and clips about it. This is the first video that shows the interior of the club. So thank you for your great job!

[@valentinr.dominguez2892]

Disco and Studio 54 happened when the stars aligned. That was a magical, special time.

[@smeenasiddiqui2374]

All my life I wondered about studio 54...now this is true-2life. Thanks best in 2021😳😳😳😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@mr.k6136]

Can you imagine something like this today just partying no worries having the time of your life and look at today my goodness the contrast is terrifying and saddening

[@dillysgirl4ever]

Today nobody parties like that - either they’re too busy with their phones or afraid someone will film them and possibly lose their job because on social media everyone is supposed to represent their employer 24/7/365 - even in their off time!!

[@brianm8998]

It must have been a nightmare getting a drink with only one modest size bar, or maybe there were many bar staff. I was in New York on holiday from the UK and struck a conversation with a woman in her sixties who told me of her clubbing days at 54 could tell even tho she was in her 60s now she still had that vibe I was so engrossed in our conversation was one of the most interesting 2 hours I've ever spent in great company. Stella said to me if I'm ever in New York again, we should meet up. This was five years ago, well I intend to visit New York this year, and I hope I do meet Stella again.

[@davidlees685]

Brian - There was a satellite bar between the two staircases leading to the upstairs lounge. There was also another bar in that lounge and another in the Rubber Room at the club's highest balcony level. For private parties on the back half of the dance floor, there was a bar as well.- David

[@RalfAbramzik]

Yeah great Video you made, i just found it right now. I was lucky (and old enough) to be allowed entering the Studio in 1977 during a brithday trip from Germany to NYC. It's was just so amazing, something totally new, exhausting, totally free and nobody thought what's up tomorrow (sadly for some health). One of the greatest place i'd ever been and an experience never to be forgotten during my life

[@alfredoalarcon7186]

I wish I could have been there, at least once in my life

[@kevinluschak5241]

Very cool felt like I stepped back in time and was aloud in lol.

[@rpcclo]

This is splendid . Always wondered what 54 looked like inside and the layout. Time for me to hit the DANCE FLOOR......

[@randolphscott1673]

I got to this video by accident. Glad I did. You did a fab job. Bravo!!

[@jerseytomato100]

I was hoping we’d get to go up the stairs.

[@jenny_447]

I was born in the 90’s but wish I could have gone here just one night

[@belliesofgold]

*You did a great job for not going there. You made the first left to the coat check, there was an all black rubber VIP room upstairs and the neon moon - coke spoon sign is missing from the dance floor wall. If you were really cool you could enter from the back alley and spend your time in the basement / storage rooms doing party favors.*

[@nobleroman5601]

Sounds like you too were a lucky one to get in back in the day , I remember 1979 ,,,,,, we'll I remember most of that night , what a night .

[@foreignbae4383]

I could only imagine 🤩 the life! the people ❤️! This is before i was born, but.. If only just one night 😍 even if im looking through a memory ☺️

[@belliesofgold]

@@foreignbae4383 It WAS amazing and hard to describe but it felt new and different (there was a huge freedom of sexuality in the air) 1977 - I was 21. I feel the way you do about living in the 1920s. I was not born yet but wish I could have been there in Berlin & Paris for just a day with all those great artists and writers! If you want a similar glimpse into what it was like in a discotheque in 1978, the movie "Thank God It's Friday" This movie was done in 1978 so you can get the feel of it! [ kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpiklnSei79-jNE ]

[@SIZERRULE]

What a time to be alive!!!

[@peacefulbliss1]

I enjoyed this, thanks for sharing and great job. I often tried to visualize it with different photos. I have always been fascinated with this legendary club. That's back when a club experience really was a club experience. We're living in shit times now.

[@charlesanzalone5846]

Love the tweeters hanging over the floor

[@jonathankaris5529]

Brings back memories galore !!!!

[@petercofrancesco8979]

Steve, "The Bar is Open" ! Miss Those Great Memories !

[@cddjny]

Yes, and Steve was always drunk and slurring his words when he grabbed the microphone and made that announcement! LOL

[@albertoarcudi8431]

Questo è il luogo simbolo per tutti gli amanti della musica da ballo! 😍

[@77crussell]

Fantastic! Goosebumps! Seems like yday. However, you forgot the Moon & the Spoon !

[@pitragroovemaster1262]

........ and the 80-year-old grandmother dancing wildly! LoL

[@alantorrado2702]

DISCO SALLY!!! The Dancing Grandmother!

[@geolopez34]

Hello, great...😍😍😍 Thanks for everybody knows studio 54 new York. Next level if you accept: studio 54 Barcelona!. I can help you to define the the discotheque because i go in my young years. Excuse my English i live in France. Thanks again. Jordi.

[@PKOENT125]

Awesome... Must do one of Palladium, Xenons, and Funhouse

[@AlessandroCalzaStudio]

FANTASTIC. Thanks

[@marisaf2760]

this is so cool! I wasn't around for the Studio 54 days, but spent plenty of time there when it was a rock club called The Ritz in the early 90s and saw many amazing bands there. This really brings back memories!

[@tuxitalk1World]

I never knew that was where The Ritz was located. Have watched the Guns n' Roses concert from there in the 1980s over and over.

[@marisaf2760]

@@tuxitalk1World the original Ritz was located at what is now called Webster Hall. I was just there recently and they still have a Ritz sign in the building which was cool to see. The location on 54th was in the 90s. If my memory serves me right, The Ritz (54) closed some time around 93 (if anyone knows more on this please do tell) and then it turned into "Clubland"- a super short-lived theme club with performers as servers. I have a vague memory of seeing a logo on cups that looked inspired by the Candyland game. It's kind of a blur tho.. the 90s that is ; )

[@tuxitalk1World]

@@marisaf2760 Thank you for clarifying! I appreciate it!

[@annk4388]

@@tuxitalk1World OMG ... just saw someone who expressed my thoughts in writting!!!😊

[@jcs3330]

You can never imitate originality but I think if you got either wealthy superclub owner (ie Pacha family) or some rich enthusiast who loved that Studio 54 vibe and the music, this could be relaunched to a certain degree. I mean there are enough people around the world who love the music and would love to experience the whole vibe and would def go there. Just need someone rich enough with the imagination and connections to pull it off .The world is def waiting and needing in the present day a Disco superclub laike 54, it would be so ram packed!

[@MA-rn2xp]

I would be the first one at the door if they reopened a club like studio 54

[@ashleyandrews3105]

Would be great! Miss dancing

[@abelmh]

It seems they tried several times, and bankrupt was the outcome every one of them..... Half hearted efforts?.. Bad management?.... Impossibility with real accounting instead of outragous amounts of black cash?..... Many people willing to go.. But not to pay outrageously updated prices?? What was the REAL business model originally?... Hefty prices on access and drinks but low salaries?... Someone tell me please..

[@frankcaurso1314]

As a New Yorker and passed club nut , in today's world I don't think it would work .

[@bostoneventlighting794]

You’ll need someone wealthy enough to make a Time Machine so people can go back to the time of Studio 54

[@therosesword007]

wow this is great I love it

[@hansel1jensen]

WOW! I wanted to have an idea what the Studio 54 was like! Amazing recreation. But you didn´t go upstairs, I mean, the balcony.

[@loftzonellc.5775]

Shine Bright Always

[@MsBrynnElizabeth]

As a lighting Designer…running the lights every night for studio would have been a dream come true. I was born in the wrong decade…would have loved to been able to go try my luck to get inside:)

[@melday5043]

Left out the moon and spoon and the VIP basement, otherwise good job, brought back many memories

[@lunamacias4631]

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[@christiana.3233]

Was there really mattresses in the basement?

[@joebochek2300]

This model is based on the renovation that was done after the big bust with the feds. I think the coke spoon moon was removed by that point. I could be wrong, but I don't see it in any real footage of that era either. Only the early days.

[@g5gmoney]

Nicely done. Only thing missing were the huge Richard Long speakers.

[@g5gmoney]

I've only experienced Dynacord at a wedding reception. They were 350W passive speakers!

[@paulhorn27]

Very cool layout, very glamorous!

[@ferdinandmaurentperez5681]

AWESOMENESS!!!

[@stephenieharrington1297]

I want to THANK YOU for doing this virtual walkaround, terrific work!

[@lizdicaprio906]

I really appreciate you making that. I always wanted to know what people saw when they got luck enough to go thru the black smokey doors. Thank you very much! Feel like I've been there !!

[@edlore4948]

Upstairs was where the real party was 🙌🏼

[@joancollins54]

Very nice! Well done! The main thing I noticed is when it first opened it had the gold tiered bar and matching gold dj booth off to the left which stuck out onto the dance floor. They changed both later on to the red thing which I never liked but I wasn't there for the bar.I liked OK I loved the black n gold motif when it first opened the best.

[@ponpon55ponpon96]

Thank you for the wonderful video. Similarly, I would like to ask you in detail about the Paradise Garage of the same era. Thanking you in advance.

[@PatriCanuck]

Amazing work! And ... much as I remember it. If you stood in front of the *huge* bass "bins" at the sides of the dance floor, when the woofers "snapped" back to their resting positions before the next push "out" for the bass, they literally sucked the air out of your lungs. Not completely of course, but enough that you felt the effects; I had to move away from them, the bass being that powerful. hahahaha! What isn't obvious, but is there in your CGI work, is the "moving" catwalk - usually stationary in front of the animated-neon-"fan" at the back of the stage, that could move over the dance floor. The light "trees" and the JBL bullet tweeters were all flown in and out manually. The poor guy with his dual ear "muffs" and microphone-production headset was a very busy guy at the rigging/ropes. I *loved* watching the DJ and lighting tech up in the overhead "pod" suspended (pole supported) to your left as you come into the club. Again, thank you very much for this; I admire your work "abrmedia". You're talented!

[@cddjny]

The moving cat walk was called the Bridge, and you could only enter it when the bridge was in a certain position than the two side gates would open up and transport you front to back back to front across the dance floor until it returns to that spot and the side gates open again. Many entertainers perform there, including Diana Ross and many others

[@davidlees685]

Patrick you really know your sound systems! - Impressive! In the years I designed for the club, I never realized that the tweeters descended manually over the dance floor. - David

[@Gump-tion]

Wow Patrick. Incredible recollection of this magical place

[@youthquake4406]

Where is that legendary moon with a spoon? And I see on old photos that this fan neon was at the same level as dancefloor

[@AJGUNNER]

Been There.

[@SilentRunner79]

Would love to read your experience of Studio 54 back in its heyday.

[@MJo-ng4lj]

❤🎉 Bette Davis: "What a Bump baby!" 📻💃🕺😃

[@knockshinnoch1950]

Great work!

[@kevinluschak5241]

Bet it was very crowded there wall to wall people.

[@ernieartgirl3927]

Hmmm...... So that's what it was like to be in club 54. Very interesting.

[@danielnickel8016]

Oh i love it 😍

[@RayFranklin]

To match my memory you have to add a 60% smoke layer. Thanks.

[@MrRocktex1978]

the club was full of smoke>

[@The70s80scollection]

Hi, I've been working on creating a virtual disco to play over some classic disco hits mixed I'm also working on, I've borrowed some ideas from Studio 54 lighting effects... still a long way to go but the more I looked for details on 54 the more interested I became in its history, utterly fascinating story, should be made into a film, for starters it would have the best soundtrack of any film ever made......

[@craigbonney1411]

Great job! Shame you didn't take us upstairs for a view of the club from there. Love the neon fan effect, but where's the iconic Spoon Moon? *** SNORT ***

[@kevinluschak5241]

Just bet the club was packed every night!

[@queenb9621]

I want to have my 54th Birthday there, I am willing to pay whatever fee. 😂

[@2mycup]

Thanks 👍

[@vintageceilingfans]

The 1970s puts the 2000s to shame as for the nightclubs in every aspect.. Shame Shame Shame..

[@nobleroman5601]

You should know the half of it , if those walls could talk ,,,,,,,,,,

[@heiswise2012]

I totally agree, not to mention the music. Disco music was great! The best dance music ever!

[@MJo-ng4lj]

​@@nobleroman5601Reagon: "Don't you tear down these walls!" ❤😂🎉

[@fabianvera6657]

Love it! Now I need to get my virtual Saturday Night outfil and I'll be ready to disco!

[@1066sgp]

Make it classy because I guarantee you I never, ever saw a man in a leisure suit.

[@therosesword007]

remember Steve hated Polyester lol

[@noroseisarose]

lovely!!

[@cinemantic]

Nicely done re-creation of this iconic dance club... Now it's time to create a virtual tour of "The SAINT" (another iconic NYC club circa 1980 to "88") and there's plenty of blueprints available to work with!

[@sofondaphillybear1220]

yes, legendary

[@valentinr.dominguez2892]

France Joli performed there that closing weekend in 88 from what I remember.

[@hansomcommon]

Lovely, please do one for The Saint NYC.

[@georgewayne2186]

Exactly!! The Saint was far more legendary -- the design-- than Studio 54

[@cddjny]

That would be fabulous! The town was out of this world!

[@cddjny]

The dome, not the town!

[@larrysams6950]

Awesome!

[@slickdj2453]

GOOSEBUMPS 👈🏽❤

[@sparrowprince3432]

Man, it must have been fun in those days. Our generation didn’t have any fun, we had 9/11 and social media. Garbage times.

[@cobolsaurus]

Please create a virtual tour of Warsaw Ballroom in Miami Beach, Fla. 1980s - 1990s

[@therapiststeve3294]

I hung out at Studio in the Spring & Summer of 1983. While it was well past the glory days, it was still an amazing experience. Your virtual walk though is pretty close. As I remember it, the dance floor had several false backs. As the crowd increased in size, another false back would be raised and the dance floor expanded.

[@davidlees685]

Hi Steve, Yes, I agree it was still amazing in 1983. The false backs you're referring to are called scrims and we used them all the time to create private party areas held on the back third of the dance floor. - David

[@srpdesigns]

Wow!!... Thank You so much for putting this together.. This was before my time and I always wondered what the floor plan looked like... But if I can offer one little bit of constructive criticism... Your missing a very very iconic symbol that was Center stage at 54.... You have to include it!!!... You just have to.

[@danielnickel8016]

I can't say anything else

[@srpdesigns]

@@danielnickel8016 Just cant do it...Lol

[@sarayusalian]

This great!

[@historicdriver]

Where is Steve r ? ;) Good job

[@djbobrokk723]

Great! ..it could be great too have many other Legendary Clubs as Paradise Garage, Gallery, Loft, Saint... or Northern Soul too as Wigan Casino, Blackpool Mecca, Golden Torch..

[@totalpkg6912]

Cool

[@flashanddancedj]

That is pretty good

[@oliverl6335]

Fette House party da drin machen. 😎🎊🎉

[@slickdj2453]

STELLAR ❤️ 👏

[@SimirJohnson]

If i squint, I can see Liza, Bianca and Andy.

[@davidlees685]

Me too!

[@frankwilson4717]

I Seriously Would Have Gone, And I Would Have Gotten In. MY Family And I Are Real Dancers. We Would Have Had That Whole Club, Following Our Lead. Celebrities, INCLUDED. WE HAD IT GOING ON LIKE THAT.

[@niurkamarcosviudadeosoriol8126]

Steve Rubell Bianca Jagger Mick Jageer Halston Liz Minelli Calvin Klein Amanda Lear Cher Andy Wharol Gia Carangi Silvester Stallon Donald Trump Grace Jons Donna Summer Michael Jackson Truman Capote Disco Dottie Gisel kuri

[@juancarlosmartinezfuentes3474]

😍

[@MJo-ng4lj]

...and Many More!...🕺💃📻👍

[@cobolsaurus]

Did you see the new documentary about Studio 54 on Amazon?

[@nathaliegourves3749]

♥️♥️♥️

[@SheylyMagicShow]

el audio de fondo está de pok, me encantó!!!

[@MiniCooper-h2j]

I missed the coke snorting halfmoon 😂

[@nobleroman5601]

What about upstairs ?

[@jhaniahfembot394]

i remember several SEXUAL ecounters on the rafters as well as in several bathroom stalls , the VIP section and on the balcony (that was when i was a young fresh faced 18yr old) ... BRING BACK THIS TIME IN NYC (nowadays the city is boring and soo watered down and Disneyfied)

[@nobleroman5601]

So So many things to do back then and parties everywhere I remember , it was some of the best times of my life and some of the worst , but I wish I could go back to do it all over again , only knowing what I know now 😁

[@KourttneyL]

More like a “white girl trendy life “ now

[@Luke-rt9bx]

@@nobleroman5601 I always tell my mom (I’m 30 anyways) she was always right when she said anything our generation could think of doing has already been done lol

[@DistantCousin]

Fabulous!!!

[@lostmic]

All I hear in my mind is Charlie Murphy what did five finger say to the face? Slap! :D

[@johnpetty3574]

Whatever happened to 54's sound system ???

[@DarrenGlen]

shame they didnt go upstairs

[@esmereldavilla-lobos4907]

Where is the moon 🌙 and the coke spoon 🥄!????

[@djharryg]

Couple of observations. It's smaller than I thought it would be. I don't see really any seating or tables or ledges on the main floor. Did everyone just stand and hold their drinks? Where were the ashtrays? There was only one small bar in the whole club? All the drinks for the entire club were made from that one bar?

[@3AmericanPie]

Wasn't there a stage set up for performances? And ware was Mr. MooN?? I WOULD OF LOVVVEED TO BE IN THAT GENERATION OF FUN. "IF YOU CAN READ MY MIND"

[@skybarwisdom]

If you didn't have fun in the 70s, you weren't there.

[@Plandisable]

Honestly surprised how small it seems it was with this view

[@Youmario2]

That is amazing, thank you. I never got there when it was the disco, only for shows with Round-a-bout Theater Company. This gives a good idea and feel about how it was as a dance club. I am not sure, though, how did they incorporate the stage area? Could people dance on the stage, or was that only for shows and stuff?

[@dicasincriveis9504]

According to accounts, the original idea was to put the dancers onstage. So, yes it was like that by design

[@Astrobeej]

Nice! What software do you work in?

[@robinbernard2125]

Where is the spoon and moon?

[@Anamnesia]

I wonder if doing a Virtual Tour of Manchester's *_The Haçienda_* nightclub might be an interesting project?

[@frankcaurso1314]

No problem , watch the movie " 24 hour party people " . When I went to visit in 2007 it was an apartment complex but it'll always be mad Chester

[@frankcaurso1314]

Madchester !!

[@sebseb1902]

Mega - als nächstes bitte das Berghain. :D

[@abrmedia]

sebseb1902 Gerne! Aber ich denke das ist vom Berghain Management nicht gerne gesehen. ;-)

[@sebseb1902]

@@abrmedia Das mag sein, aber gegen einen virtuellen Nachbau haben sie nichts in der Hand. :-)