When disco was in its prime, Atlanta was home to one of the most in-demand, star-studded disco nightclubs of the time.
The Limelight attracted iconic celebrities, such as Tina Turner, Andy Warhol and Grace Jones, to its location in Buckhead. Back in the early 1980s, the disco club was called the “Studio 54 of the South,” according to Guy D’Alema, the club’s former house photographer.
The Buckhead Heritage Society will be remembering the impact that the Limelight made on Atlanta’s history during their upcoming program at the Sanctuary Nightclub on Aug. 22 at 7 p.m. D’Alema will be projecting images from his book “LIMELIGHT … in a sixtieth of a second” and sharing stories from back then.
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