- This actually isn’t from a club. It’s Scene’s weekly edit meeting.
We might not be telling you anything you didn’t know here, but Cleveland bumps, it grinds, it shimmies and shakes. This town’s got an active nightlife — Ground Zero the beleaguered West 6th area — and wild Friday and Saturday nights are major money makers for downtown businesses, clubs and restaurants.
But all that booze capitalism is in danger of going the way of the Flats: throughout the summer we’ve been riding the thin blue line between a block party and a race riot. Politicos are sounding off; the police are hiding behind the badge; there’s radio silence from the Mayor’s office. But amid all this amped-up tension, a couple Cleveland guys are looking to inject some positive energy into the downtown scene.
This article appears in Sep 1-7, 2010.