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Scores To Be Reopened, Classed Up By Penthouse Club Owner
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John Del Signore
Published Mar 19, 2009
Modified Mar 19, 2009
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Big news, gentlemen: Real estate investor Robert Gans, who also owns the Penthouse Executive Club over on the west side, has purchased the Scores West building on 28th Street. The club closed last May after a prostitution bust cost owners their liquor license, and it's currently closed for renovations. The Observer reports that Gans bought it at a discount, paying $9.58 million—half a million dollars less than the previous owners paid. And it's going to be just "grand," at least according to a "club insider" who got all nostalgic on an industry message board: "The owners of Penthouse want to bring back the old glory days of lap dances, bringing back the celebrity draw, the great customer service, drop-dead beautiful girls, and just a rip-roarin' great strip club experience... Additionally there will be a dress code, so again, it keeps out the bums." Ah, the glory days. This is the same Scores where Owen Wilson rode his bike, where Lindsay Lohan pole danced! Why, just think of the history on those poles.
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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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