Cover: March 11, 1985

AREA

Prime Time: 1984-1985

The Crowd: Andy Warhol, Francesco Scavullo, and Grace Jones lounging in the most coveted spot in the house: the ladies' room.

Claim to Fame: Monthly remodeling for changing themes— "Faith" one month, "Sex" or "Science Fiction" the next.
The owners (pictured, left) were all in their late twenties.

New York View:
"Area's regulars, who follow the scene as if were the stock market, know it's the place to be when a theme is introduced... For Sex, (the owners, pictured left) had an ex-nun hear sexual confessions in the ladies' room and a man who'd written a book on the joy of enemas perform his specialty in a display window." -- Jesse Kornbluth