Editing Twilo

{{Short description|Former American nightclub}}
[[file:Twilo02.jpg|thumb|right|View of the dance floor from the DJ booth]]

'''Twilo''' was an American [[nightclub]] in operation from 1995 to 2001 in [[New York City]], and from 2006 to 2007 in [[Miami]].<ref name="Beloved Twilo">{{cite news |first= Tricia |last= Romano |title= Village Voice Best of NY 2001 |url= http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/bestof/2001/detail.php?id=3035 |work= [[Village Voice]] |accessdate= 2008-06-18 |archive-date= 2007-03-21 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070321030606/http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/bestof/2001/detail.php?id=3035 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

== Closing ==
[[file:Twilo - dancefloor (small).jpg|thumb|View of the lighting from the dance floor]]
Twilo had been under pressure to close from then-Mayor [[Rudy Giuliani]] ever since the launch of his controversial [[Quality of life#North America|quality-of-life campaign]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2007}} Still, the club managed to hold onto its cabaret license until early 2001, when a spate of previous allegations re-surfaced in connection with a claim by city authorities that the club had misused private ambulances to hide victims of [[drug overdose]]s.<ref>{{cite news |first= Jennifer |last= Steunhaur |title= Ex-Worker Says Nightclub Hid Ailing Patrons |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/21/nyregion/ex-worker-says-nightclub-hid-ailing-patrons.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share |accessdate= 2019-09-11 |work=The  New York Times |date= 21 April 2001 |archive-date= 2023-04-08 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230408042030/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/21/nyregion/ex-worker-says-nightclub-hid-ailing-patrons.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share |url-status= live }}</ref> Club management claimed that the ambulance was obtained by recommendation of the city.

The space on [[27th Street (Manhattan)|West 27th Street]] was reused as various other nightclubs over the following years, including Spirit and B.E.D., the latter of which shuttered in 2007 shortly after an incident where manager [[Granville Adams]] pushed Orlando Valle to his death down the elevator shaft.<ref>{{cite web |date=4 February 2007 |title=Man dies in elevator shaft plunge at posh club |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna16972091 |website=NBC News |agency=Associated Press |access-date=28 January 2024 |archive-date=28 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128204836/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna16972091 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Leventhal |first1=Ben |date=8 February 2007 |title=BREAKING: Nightclub B.E.D. Calls it Quits |url=https://ny.eater.com/2007/2/8/6819125/breaking-nightclub-b-e-d-calls-it-quits |website=Eater NY |access-date=28 January 2024 |archive-date=28 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128204836/https://ny.eater.com/2007/2/8/6819125/breaking-nightclub-b-e-d-calls-it-quits |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2011, the space was bought by immersive theater company Emursive as the home of ''[[Sleep No More (2011 play)|Sleep No More]]'' in a venue called the [[McKittrick Hotel]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Solish |first1=Scott |date=2 February 2011 |title=Adaptive Re-uses |url=https://ny.eater.com/2011/2/2/6699091/adaptive-re-uses |website=Eater NY |access-date=28 January 2024 |archive-date=28 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128204836/https://ny.eater.com/2011/2/2/6699091/adaptive-re-uses |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Soloski |first=Alexis |date=8 November 2023 |title='Sleep No More' to Close in January |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/theater/sleep-no-more-closing.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=21 December 2024}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeuzFEaZUys A Video] of [[Steve Lawler (DJ)|Steve Lawler]] playing the song "Musak (Steve Lawler Remix)" by Trisco at Twilo.
* http://www.facebook.com/pages/Twilo-New-York/123649204328286?fref=ts Dedicated Facebook page

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[[Category:Defunct LGBTQ drinking establishments in New York City]]
[[Category:Defunct LGBTQ nightclubs in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Electronic dance music venues]]
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[[Category:LGBTQ nightclubs in Florida]]
[[Category:Nightclubs in Manhattan]]