For the “Food” motif, Area’s pool became a giant bowl of alphabet soup.ĭanceteria Group. Themes like “Religion,” “Elements,” “Confinement,” “Sex,” “Future,” “Fashion,” “Art” and “Suburbia” went way beyond even the craziest of Halloween party décor, reimagining the 33,000 square foot space into a 3D multisensory mind trip. This PAPERMAC article, by Peter Davis, announces publication of a new book about the legendary nightclub Area, which was only open from 1983 to 1987. Every six weeks or so, Area (which Eric Goode started with his brother Christopher and childhood friends Shawn Hausman and Darius Azari) completely transformed itself.

Inside area: A LOOK BACK AT AREA, THE ’80S CLUB THAT TURNED PARTYING INTO AN ART (2013).