Best Nightclub Design 2007 - The Box

The Village Voice: Best Of Award
http://www.villagevoice.com/bestof/2007/award/best-nightclub-design-494289/
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"...The Box's decor out-beautifies the beautiful people. Designed by Hecho Inc. (John Kole & Phil Morgan), with input from two of the club's owners, Richard Kimmel & Simon Hammerstein, the club is part 19th-century western saloon, part French cabaret, part opera house. A big wooden bar opens the elegant space; the wallpaper is a whimsical combo of cherubs & flappers, distressed & faded for authenticity. Staircases twirl, & red velvet curtains suggest luxury & privacy. The Box has many boxes for you to sit in....They overhang & provide an unfiltered view of the stage, where bawdy shows take over most nights. Antique subway sconces & salvaged columns from the renovations lend to the it's-new-but-feels-old look..."