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Steve Rubell

Co-owner of Studio 54 and the Palladium

Owner1970s–1980s2 rooms · 21 connected figures

Biography

Steve Rubell co-owned Studio 54 and, later, the Palladium with Ian Schrager. He is often cited within accounts of Studio 54's celebrity culture and famously selective door. He died in 1989.

Sonic profile

Studio 54 disco era

Rooms they shaped

Studio 54

1977–1980 (Rubell & Schrager); reopened 1981–1986 (Fleischman) · Midtown, Manhattan

TransformedClub

Owner, Public face and door; died 1989.

Palladium

1985–1997 · Union Square, Manhattan

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Owner, Co-owner with Ian Schrager 1985–1992; previously Studio 54. Died 1989 of AIDS-related illness; Schrager operated the remainder of their tenure.

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