florent for rent

This is a great doco about another piece of New York that  has gone to God.  Named after its owner, Florent  Morellet, 

 it was the place to eat in the meatpacking district in the eighties and nineties. High rents forced it to shutter in the summer of 2008 which prompted a series of parties to mourn its passing. Florent was an out gay activist who championed gay rights and fought the gentrification of the area...to no avail

The staff were as wild and individualistic as Florent and every year there were mad celebrations on July 14th .
with mock executions and recreations of Versailles.


Many celebs frequented the joint from Amy Winehouse, Johnny Depp, Julianne Moore and Keanu Reeves to a whole room full of HIV positives for a photo shoot for Spencer Tunick

So she has gone. The last thing to be taken down was this neon sigh which probably blinks on Florent's apartment wall. There was no place like it