Damn, Standard Hotel : we were this close to enjoying your presence in the Meatpacking District , which needed some legitimate spicing up. Your exhibitionist-friendly windows were all in good fun, until you decided to relocate a Gay Bear/Leather Parade downtown. Villains! Basically, Andre Balzas and Co. decided that they didn't want to deal with a bunch of leather-clad gays walking up and down the street in front of their hotel, because, well, it'd inconvenience their business. And after Robert Valin, executive director of the West Village Leather and Bear Street Fair, got "unanimous approval" from the neighborhood's community board, the city decided to shut it down, anyway. Via The Villager : ...The Mayor's Office recently informed them that W. 13th St. was "not an option," because the Standard Hotel doesn't want the festival there...Valin said the Standard doesn't feel the flagellation-friendly fest "fits the image of the hot...
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