Sept/Oct 2019 Issue #34 September-October 2019 Issue #34 | Page 133

Studio 54 Summed Up The ‘70s Most people will recall the craziness of the 1970s. America was in the mid- dle of an endless war with Vietnam, economic inflation was rising at ques- tionable rates, and the President of the United States had just resigned. With all that pressure, there had to be a place where people could relax. The building itself was built in 1927 as a television studio. Over the years, it went through many changes and upgrades. Finally, it opened its doors in 1977 as a fully-fledged nightclub. Suddenly, it became the place to be. 133