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The original hi-tech interior was designed by his partner, Derek Frost. Norman, an entrepreneur, had started an earlier club, The Embassy, in Old Bond Street in 1978. The Embassy proved to be successful and attracted a fashionable clientele; it is generally seen as the London equivalent of New York's Studio 54. [1]
Lady Edith Foxwell was an investor in a consortium that bought the club in 1981, which was headed by Stephen Hayter, the manager of the club under its previous owner. The Embassy had been revived spectacularly by Jeremy Norman, opening in 1978 at almost the same time as the dance film Saturday Night Fever premiered.
Jeremy Gordon Norman (born 18 May 1947) is a British entrepreneur, whose ventures have included Burke's Peerage, Mayfair's Embassy nightclub, the gay 'ultradisco' Heaven, the clubs Embargo and Leopard Lounge on Fulham Broadway, the Power Station gym in Chelsea, in partnership with Richard Branson, and Soho Gyms. He is also an author, television ...
The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club, The Comedians, The Embassy Club Bernard John Manning (13 August 1930 – 18 June 2007) was an English comedian and nightclub owner. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He gained a high profile on British television during the 1970s, appearing on shows such as The Comedians and The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club .
Some superclubs are owned and managed by a dance music record label or a club that was or is culturally important. The term may also be used to define its position within the club scene hierarchy. [5] [6] [7] Forerunners of contemporary superclubs already existed in the early 20th century.
Now Sherrer and Llampalla are widening their scope with the new Social 27 Supper Club, which they call their “love letter” to the Cuba of the 1940s and 1950s, where supper clubs were all the rage.
The name Ambassy Club comes from an alternate spelling of Embassy, and refers to the proximity of the club to the U.S., French and Iranian Consulates. The Chinese name for the club is Hong Yi. A new Ambassy Club, with similar offerings, opened in Beijing in the fall of 2006. The club's board members include the following:
Phora Durbar was a palace built by Bir Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana in 1895 in Kathmandu, Nepal.Located right in front of Narayanhiti Palace and spread over 8 acres, [1] the palace was sold to the United States in 1966 after which it was demolished promptly to build an embassy facility/private club for American embassy staff and invited guests.