Since almost every story written about the closing of Richard’s mentioned the washrooms, I thought it would be worthwhile to venture past the washroom closed signs to take a photo of the one everybody remembers. And, boy, the place was even worse than I remembered. The air was toxic and the bubbled ceiling looked like it was moments away from bursting with a plague of watery mold and rats the size of chickens. My friend, Math Genius, whom I dragged in with me, got surprisingly angry: “And WHY did I have to see this?” she demanded through hands cupped over her mouth. Then, unbelievably, one of the doors to the stalls opened and a fellow walked out. He did look rather sheepish.
The last night of Richard’s on Richards was Sunday, June 19, 2009. Travis Lupick posted video of the evening on the Georgia Straight website.
Miranda
July 21, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Ahhhh … now I can never forget that grimy place! Thank you!
Stuart Derdeyn
July 26, 2009 at 4:29 am
RB,
Nice to see you at rainfest. Hope you were able to capture some frames of that wacky weather cuz it’s f’ed up tonight. Just wanted to say that I meant to post you about this photo when it went up as it is — like your work — awesome. Was the can there ever new? Ever? I remember it being disgusting when the club was still the Miami Vice scene of Van.
Catch ya around.
Be well and naughty.
SD