Cover: June 10, 1996

LIMELIGHT

Prime Time: 1984-1995

The Crowd: The original "Club Kids" of Generation X-tasy.

Claim to Fame: The building was once the Episcopalian Church of the Holy Communion (a city landmark).

Moments of Infamy: First major nightclub to be shut down by the NYPD for drugs being sold in an "open and notorious manner."
In 1998, owner Peter Gatien (pictured, left), was acquitted of federal drug soliciting charges, only to be jailed the following year for tax evasion.

New York View:
"A whole new world...an alternative reality. It was a place where people who were freaks in school could come and reinvent themselves or dress up in their sisters' clothes or just be what they wanted to be. It was totally sexy and outrageous and totally artificial. And grown-ups weren't invited." -- Michael Musto