Behind PI Live Bar was a trendy clothing store called Changing Attitudes which prior to the clubs closing had become Orlando Harley-Davidson. |
Harley moved to the West Side in 2011 and was replaced with "pop-up" clothing store Apricot Lane in August of that year. |
The Apricot Lane building was considered part of the Mannequins structure and in 2014 it was razed to make way for this narrow strip of stores to be built facing Hill Street. |
With heavy construction taking place, Hill Street was closed with pedestrians needing to use the bypass causeway over the lake that went around this area. |
On the right side of Hill Street, a large building was home to numerous stores over the years such as Avigator's Supply, DTV and pictured above, fast food restaurant Missing Link Sausage Company. |
It was gutted and rebuilt twice prior to the clubs closing and eventually became Paradiso 37. |
Back on the left side of Hill Street, the classic 70's/80's club 8TRAX! There was no generation gap here; all ages knew the words to all the songs! |
When demolition began, everyone thought it was coming down entirely! |
But curiously, only the front section facing Hill Street was demolished. |
To make room for a few more shops facing the hill. |
Across from the promenade, Adventurers Club! |
Today AC is just a memory and a shell of its former self. It is being used as the framework for The Edison Orlando which is coming here. |
This of course was home to Comedy Warehouse on the south side of the plaza! |
What it looked like for Celebrate Tonight in 2009. |
The north side of the plaza was home to BET Soundstage Club. During the Hip Hop craze of the late 90's/early 00's, the club was packed and there were long lines to get in! |
With BET finally demolished, it currently is a pile of dirt adjacent Adventurers Club. Nothing will open here until 2017 at the earliest, nine years after BET closed! |
2 comments:
Love the trip down ("Hill Street Blues") memory lane, thanks Bob!
Yup, street of dreams. Previously.
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