Lights Down Low at Paradise Lounge
Last seen: November 28, 2008
Review and Photos by Crystal Akins
After a three-year stint at the 222 Club (222 Hyde St.) and a brief hiatus, Lights Down Low took its final bow at the newly renovated Paradise Lounge last Friday (until it goes underground, anyway).
Let's flashback three years, hiking out to one of the most crackhead-infested corners (Turk and Hyde streets) where fashion-savvy kids spilled out of the petite corridor and took deep drags from cigar
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