PI Update: Signs of Change

Labor Day weekend in Orlando under cloudy Tropical Storm Lee skies but no rain. So what better place to enjoy the moderate temperature than beautiful Pleasure Island!

The changes at Mannequins are not all that dramatic. The Mannequins letters that were vertically displayed on that metal sign have been removed and subsequent to that the wavy neon was removed off the top of the marquee. But the marquee is still there as are the words Dance Palace.

A view from the opposite side. One can speculate that new DTD management wants to remove all indications to passers-by that these were once clubs. What they did here hardly accomplishes that. And I must have missed that there is new DTD management. Isn't Keith Bradford still the VP?

The Mannequins sign above the rear smoking area door was also finally removed.

The groovy 70's motif was painted over at 8TRAX with beige. Much more generic looking now.....

.....except for this giant 8-track tape cartridge is still inserted at the front door.

And this giant 8-track tape player remains above the rear door.

As reported, the last of the Comedy Warehouse signs was finally removed last week. 

Let's talk about the Adventurers Club. The name which had been imbedded in concrete above the door was concreted over. The few remaining outdoor artifacts were removed too.

Some spot-painting on the tower.

But if you're painting, why in the world do you leave this at the top of the tower? At this moment, the Adventurers Club building lives and is thus the only former club with its original name posted.

Next door at the Soundstage Club both the sign above the door as well as the sign on the pole above the club have been removed. Why is this happening now? Lots of speculation but no hard facts from any sources. Big thanks to my roving reporters William and Thommy as well as several readers for sending me photos while I was cruising which unfortunately I was not able to download on the ship's computers.