The Shelter (New York City)

The Shelter was a New York City EDM, house and techno nightclub in early 1990s. It was located at either (depending on the date and/or promotional flyer):
* 6 Hubert Street in Manhattan
* 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan

NOTE: These two addresses actually correspond to the same physical location, which also used to house the American Express Company horse stables as well as the controversial nighclubs Area, Headley and Vinyl, which was the site of a few shootings.

The Shelter's primary group of promoters and DJs was collectively known as "N.A.S.A." (Nocturnal Audio + Sensory Awakening), who took over the club every Friday night. Its promotional flyers claimed The Shelter to be "New York City’s only Non-prejudicial Progressive Underground Dance Club." The dance floor had a notoriously loud 50,000 watt sound system designed by Garage-era DJ legends Larry Levan and Timmy Regisford, with speaker cabinets larger than the dancing patrons.

N.A.S.A. was on Friday nights at The Shelter, a non-alcoholic afterhours dance space in the loft district in TriBeCa, NYC. The regular Friday night N.A.S.A. events lasted until 8 or 9AM; the $9-before-midnight ($14 after) admission included ice water, snacks and breakfast. Scotto brought in new high technology lights and lasers with the new Friday "rave scene", and recorded and filmed all along the way. N.A.S.A. flyer art can be seen in several permanent art exhibits; contemporary museums like Cooper-Hewitt's exhibit "Mixing Messages" and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, as well as in several art book publications.

Resident and Guest DJs include:
* Moby
* Dmitry (from Deee-Lite)
* Keoki (who also spun at Limelight's Disco 2000)
* Jason Jinx
* On-E
* DB (originally from England)
* Dante
* Soul Slinger
* Timmy Regisford
* Mr. Kleen

In 2004, real estate developer Peter Moore purchased the building for $18 million, and the property is now home to upscale residential lofts. Moore had previously forced the closing of two other nightclubs, including Wetlands at 161 Hudson, when he bought their buildings for restoration.

ee also

*The Limelight
*Webster Hall
*Twilo (formerly The Sound Factory; closed in 2001)
*Roxy NYC
*Paradise Garage

External links

* http://queueup.net/
* http://www.scotto.tv/
* http://www.myspace.com/scottoTV

References

* http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_179/buildingloftswhere.html
* http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,976287,00.html
* "Another Bleep World" - Village Voice, Feb. 16, 1993