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On Monday, we posted "The Beatrice Inn: Where Are They Now?", which proved conclusively that there isn't really a "new Beatrice Inn", despite how every new club opened by Paul Sevigny or Matt Abramcyk is heralded as such. Now, an ex Beatrice kid explains exactly why there can never be another. More»

The three co-owners of The Beatrice Inn are behind some of the biggest nightclub openings of 2010: Matt Abramcyk's The Bunker, Andre Saraiva's heavily anticipated Le Baron Chinatown, and of course Paul Sevigny's epic Don Hill's. So where are the other ex-Beatrice regulars hanging out these days? More»

New York had a rough decade. The '00s were bookended and defined by calamities in the Financial District that had global ramifications. Far less tragically, the city's cultural scene underwent significant shakeups.  Here's the first part in a look at those transitions, and verdicts on the people and movements that will define NYC in the '10s. More»

[Left, Arden Wohl and friends last night at The Wooly]

Update: Last night at the Wooly in photos. Today, "as rumors of Paul Sevigny's new place build," Gawker's Ravi Somaiya explains where Beatrice Inn refugees now bide their time, but he was missing a certain crucial contender, The Wooly. More»

Long-dormant hipster haven Beatrice Inn has been back in the news lately. Speculation that Paul Sevigny's club would be moving into the old Civetta space in Little Italy was quickly debunked. But that denial hinted at a "Soho space" being the "only project that comes close to being the new Beatrice." And we suspect that Soho space is the basement of the iconic Puck Building. More»

Sometimes it seems like you can divide downtown bars into two categories: those that thrive on celebrities and those that shun them. The trendy spots are pretty obvious, although in constant flux. The Box, Beatrice Inn and Jane Ballroom are all recent Page 6 magnets. But what happens when the Botox-and-Restylane set leaves its comfort zone and mingles with the proles? More»

Noise complaints. Smoking violations. Drug raids. Illegal dancing. As soon as a New York nightclub generates buzz these days, the fuzz isn't far behind. So if your night out at one of the below hotspots is interrupted by the cops, cantankerous neighbors or the Department of Health, it's good to have a Plan B in mind with some like-minded alternatives:

If you like the Jane Ballroom, you'll love the Bowery Ballroom:

The Bowery Ballroom's crowd might not be as swank as the Jane's, but its gorgeous interior--including, like the Jane, a swell balcony and giant disco ball-- is. The rock-centric music institution has some of the best bookings in town. Also, you can dance inside without worrying about Footloose-style repercussions (seriously, when will NYC's ludicrous cabaret laws be overturned?) and the Jane's neighbors who actually started a blog to chronicle their complaints about the endangered venue.

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• Still think the swine flu was just media hype? - first NYer dies, more schools closed (and why are so many of the affected schools in Queens?) [NYT]

• The Beatrice Inn's neighbors REALLY don't want to see it come back, and have added to the vandalism that has plagued the spot since its forced closure last month [Eater] More»

• How quickly the hip have fallen. The Beatrice Inn has been vandalized!  Lots of broken windows, but doesn't look like it was actually entered [Eater]

• The shape of things to come, maybe?  Get your ideas for fashionable face masks from the citizens of Mexico City [AnimalNY] More»

• Remember Nick McDonnell's book "Twelve" based on teenage drug use and decadence on the Upper East Side? The novel, published in 2002 is set to become a movie staring Chace Crawford, Emma Roberts, Rory Culkin, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Ellen Barkin, and Kiefer Sutherland. [Variety]

• Kate Moss is unstoppable. Now, she's off to set to prove that supermodels do eat by bringing out her own cookbook. This should be interesting. [Mirror]

• Richard Fuld's favorite brunch spot? Brasserie. He can be spotted there on any given day, morning new and night hatching out his latest business plans, whatever they may be. [WSJ]

• The Beatrice Inn rumblings and rousings has everyone in a tizzy today.  Mostly because we are all now forced to come up with a place to house all of the skinny cokeheads that are left wandering our West Village streets. [Gawker]

• Shots fly at Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady's wedding this weekend in Costa Rica. Let this be a lesson to twerpy paparazzi everywhere? [NYDN]