On the scene timeline
1989 · 530 West 27th Street
Sound Factory opens and Junior Vasquez takes the booth
No alcohol, no last call, twelve-hour sets. Vasquez's residency becomes the template for the modern club night.
1991 · 220 Twelfth Avenue
Gatien reopens the Tunnel
A Chelsea freight tunnel becomes the home of hip-hop Sundays and, later, Junior Vasquez's residency.