Avant Gardner LLC, the bankrupt owner of the Brooklyn club complex of the same name, has applied for a permit to demolish the Mirage venue, Brooklyn Paper reports. Having failed to secure reopening permits due to safety and technical issues, Avant Gardner filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August and handed its assets to a lender. The demolition permit filing does not name the Mirage but seeks to demolish 32,000 square feet of a three-story temporary structure, which describes the Mirage build within Avant Gardner, Brooklyn Paper reports.
"The pulse of New York has always carried with me," DJ and Detroit techno pioneer Kevin Saunderson tells while sitting beside John Barclay - owner of the recently closed Bed Stuy club, and nearby techno staple, Bossa Nova Civic Club.