Monday, September 23, 2013

PI Update: Changing Attitudes Building Razed!

One never knows what one is going to find when one crosses this bridge to Pleasure Island. 
Mannequins is still there.
Fuego by Sosa Cigars is still there.
8TRAX, missing is front foyer section, is still there.
What's missing though is the Changing Attitudes building that was attached to MDP.  You may know it better as the recent home of Apricot Lane and before that, Orlando Harley Davidson. 
This is a surprise because the concept art showed it remaining and there was speculation that it would become the entry area for whatever was going into the Mannequins spot.
Also gone is PI Live Bar and that whole metal stair tower complex that stood in that corner.
The fun continues.  Come out to Pleasure Island to check it out!
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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2013 at 11:50 PM

    didn't someone say what you saw in the concept drawings will be changed and or JUST A concept! just a starting point!
    OH yes I said that. and like I pointed out PI was to be not what it came to be!
    and was it not said that NONE of the Mannequins building could come down? not ANY of it well now u see and we also found out that the POWER GRID was NOT inside!
    this must SCARE some of you now!?

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2013 at 9:17 AM

    No it doesn't. The portion of the building that has the power grid is still intact and as such, that includes the main building, dance floor, all levels, the stage etc.

    It won't be a nightclub however when it reopens.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2013 at 11:02 AM

    THEE power grid is NOT INSIDE! the power grid would OVERHEAT! or need a HUGH AC unit to keep cool!
    and or proves that they CAN take down most of the building if they want! and or we are TALKING about Disney! and DISNEY will make it happen!

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2013 at 12:42 PM

    So Mannicans is not coming down? What will it be if not a nightclub?

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  5. KingBobSeptember 24, 2013 at 7:13 PM

    There is no indication that the Mannequins building is coming down. What it will be, I don't know.

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2013 at 11:35 PM

    Picture isn't mine, but I found it on Google. Had to share. A great view down Hill Street back in the days when Fireworks Factory was still operational!

    http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8042/8013867686_8d910b6133_o.jpg

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2013 at 1:54 AM

    there was no indication that the store attached was either! remember the concept art work! but I guess now that was just a concept? can;t wait to hear this? lol

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2013 at 5:50 AM

    Yeah, they keep changing their mind about what they're doing. Evil genius at work.

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2013 at 6:33 AM

    It's scary to think how much of PI is dissapearing, and how quickly. Before August, CW was still there, The Changing Attitudes building, the front foyer of 8trax, Lombarde st.; and now it seems that everything is coming down very quickly. Fuego will be closing soon, Soundstage is coming down, and who knows what will be happening next!

    It seems that the fun is really over on PI.

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  10. KingBobSeptember 30, 2013 at 8:16 PM

    Yes, the fun is definitely over at Pleasure Island. For the most part, it ended 5 years ago.

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