The loft was also the location of Ed Harris’s suicide in The Hours
(author Michael Cunningham lives across the hall), and in the late 70s
served as the home of several BDSM clubs including Jay’s Hangout, the
Hellfire Club and the Manhole. Nardicio, the public (and quite handsome) face of the DList social network (which, when you’re lucky, can be a bit of sex club itself) frequently rents out the top
floor for semi-public parties of his own.
“You can still get a faint whiff of poppers in the hallway,” says
Nardicio. More likely, we suspect, the scent is coming from him. And let’s hope that the newly scruffy Steele doesn’t get too carried away with the Pacino method acting — Richard Quest has that role nailed.
(Steele, above, with Pacino from Cruising, inset)