Pasadena Underground
After originally applying for a permit with the city as some sort of after-school program, Club Pasadena Underground operated as something else entirely up until the point Ebony Huel was killed outside Friday, as evinced by its profile on myspace.com.
Myspace.com tribute page to Ebony.
My friends and I would sneak off to underground clubs in Hollywood and downtown L.A. throughout high school, but those were, theoretically, 18 and up. Except for Marilyn's Backstreet on South Lake Avenue, which closed in 1992 to become Panda Express. That was a club for teens with different nights for different music genres in a relatively safe/secure environment.
Some pictures from inside Pasadena Underground if you "read more."
I keep hearing awesome stories about Marilyn's being *the place* for the "scene" back in the day.
I have a friend who is interested in bringing the Goth scene back to Pasadena..she used to go to Marilyn's..I bet you know her!
As for this flyer for this "after school program" - they need to learn some Photoshop skills.
I don't know how the rules actually work, but I'm betting selling memberships instead of charging admission avoids some of the regulations that come with paid admission venues and clubs.
I can't imagine any circumstance where a dance club / social hall / performance venue of any kind that's not affiliated with a church or school can operate without a conditional use permit. Has anyone inquired of the city whether such a permit exists?
I know Lake Avenue Church offers teen events and social activities and a church on Walnut has a teen-oriented live music "club", neither of which are commercial enterprises (as Pasadena Underground seems to be).
Paul
Uh.... OK where did these guys get their not for profit funding? Who supervised the grant? When will there be hell to pay? Didnt these gatherings exceed any reasonable occupancy load?
They didn't have a permit, and this is the reason they were shut down. They had live entertainment also from what I have been told.