The demise of Mansion and the return of Alegria to the old Crobar space

The dire economic recession which started in New York city with the downfall of several financial institutions has nonetheless brought a pleasant wind of change over the city’s night world.

As legions of jobless finance workers were sent packing back to wherever they had come from, the multitude of bottle service clubs and other tasteless exclusive establishment which had been sucking the life out of New York’s club scene for the past few years have began to fall into bankruptcy.

The latest causality is none other than Mansion, the short lived incarnation of the fancy clubbing brand for jet setter born out of Miami which had set residency in the space formerly known as Crobar, a landmark New York mega-club that closed its door in 2007. Club kids, house heads and gay boys will now be welcomed again in the new incarnation of the W. 28th street club, and the rumor has it that Alegria parties will in fact move back to the venue where it enjoyed its most successful years.