Eater LA reports that burlesque club The Box will open in West Hollywood later this summer. The club will be a branch of the famed club of the same name on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
The Box will take over the building which formerly housed the upscale, bondage-themed nightclub Voyeur at 7969 Santa Monica Boulevard (beside the French Market).
Voyeur opened in October 2009 and quickly became a hot spot. The club drew national attention when a Republican National Committee staffer tried to pay a $2,000 tab with RNC money. Voyeur closed quietly earlier this year.
That building was originally a jazz club, but became a Hollywood landmark when the famed Pink Pussycat striptease club opened there in 1961. After the Pink Pussycat closed in 1979, the building was transformed into a discotheque named Peanuts and later Club 7969.
The Box moving into the building is a natural since that location is the only one in the city which has a burlesque license.
