Club Aura down but not yet out

[ArcticSplash]

Guess what... Councilman Curtis Jones is going.

http://www.philadelinquency.com/?p=1041

[Aimee]

Also if you look at their site not only are they having an opening reception Thursday, but a Media opening reception on Friday, also at Aura from 5-8 http://www.17daysoffashion.com/

[Aimee]

oops Please disregard my last message....looks like Dan gross was wrong with the day and these events are all on Friday :)

in either case it still sucks.

[Chris]

Guess what... Councilman Curtis Jones is going.

http://www.philadelinquency.com/?p=1041

maybe someone should contact everyone on the VIP list and let them know the party is cancelled since Aura is shut down... would the good councilman want to attend a party that's in violation of the law?

[ArcticSplash]

I already contacted the Councilman's office seeking comment if he still had plans to attend the publicized party Thursday night.

[TheSomers]

So if Aura shuts down for good on Wednesday, how can they be having a huge party on Thursday? From Dan Gross' column in today's Daily News:

17 Days of Fashion set
Northern Liberties lounge Club Aura (628 N. Front), which was closed briefly last week by the Department of Licenses and Inspections after multiple citations for operating as a nuisance bar, will host Thursday's kickoff event for the third-annual 17 Days of Fashion, at which R&B singer Ginuwine is to appear.
The party will feature fashion-industry insiders, politicians, musicians and media types. It is open to the public, but you must R.S.V.P. To do so or to learn more about the festival, founded by the Philadelphia Fashion Consortium and featuring 21 events, visit 17DaysofFashion.com.

Good question! Another question would be what politician would make it to this party? Nutter? : )

[carpetbagger]

So if Aura shuts down for good on Wednesday, how can they be having a huge party on Thursday? From Dan Gross' column in today's Daily News:

17 Days of Fashion set
Northern Liberties lounge Club Aura (628 N. Front), which was closed briefly last week by the Department of Licenses and Inspections after multiple citations for operating as a nuisance bar, will host Thursday's kickoff event for the third-annual 17 Days of Fashion, at which R&B singer Ginuwine is to appear.
The party will feature fashion-industry insiders, politicians, musicians and media types. It is open to the public, but you must R.S.V.P. To do so or to learn more about the festival, founded by the Philadelphia Fashion Consortium and featuring 21 events, visit 17DaysofFashion.com.

Good question! Another question would be what politician would make it to this party? Nutter? : )

How about Squilla? He loves to go completely against the majority feelings of the community.

[mattruben]

Councilman Squilla attended the last hearing - an L&I review board hearing about Aura's special assembly permit. Squilla testified in favor of upholding L&I's rejection of Aura's special assembly permit application. In other words, he testified with the community.

There's a court hearing tomorrow (Thursday) at 11AM. This time Aura is appealing the latest Cease Operations order (which unlike the last Cease Ops order, would require them to shut down completely). I believe Councilman Squilla or someone from his office will be attending that as well. However, we only found out about this hearing Tuesday, and we found out the exact time just this afternoon. NLNA will be there, as will some neighbors.

Best,
Matt

[ArcticSplash]

I walked past Aura late last night.

So far it looks like they haven't tried to peel off the candy stripe stickers like they did the last time they went up.


*sigh* if there's just one cardinal rule about Philly... if a club owner wants to run bottle service out of his establishment, then his club needs to be put far away from a residential area as possible because usually the place winds up generating maximum amounts of drama.


It's just like this bozo who wants to open a THREE STORY version of the same thing near my house:
http://www.philadelinquency.com/?p=861


That asshat threatened to sue me and my neighbors for calling out his shit like it is. Epic fail. Read the letter from my lawyer, it's hilarious.

[Dan]

I walked past Aura late last night.

So far it looks like they haven't tried to peel off the candy stripe stickers like they did the last time they went up.


*sigh* if there's just one cardinal rule about Philly... if a club owner wants to run bottle service out of his establishment, then his club needs to be put far away from a residential area as possible because usually the place winds up generating maximum amounts of drama.


It's just like this bozo who wants to open a THREE STORY version of the same thing near my house:
http://www.philadelinquency.com/?p=861


That asshat threatened to sue me and my neighbors for calling out his shit like it is. Epic fail. Read the letter from my lawyer, it's hilarious.

That letter is EPIC!!! great job!

[ArcticSplash]

OK... in Common Pleas, Judge Fox issues a pretty stern order against Mark Stein's "626 Front, LLC".


I posted Judge Fox's order against Club Aura:
http://www.philadelinquency.com/?p=1064