Several outdated or dilapidated buildings have been removed. Approved in recent years have been two housing developments, two shopping plazas, a gas station and a storage facility, and under discussion are two light industrial buildings, another housing development and a corporate headquarters. The city invested $12 million in improving Mission from the Los Angeles County line east to Benson Avenue. Montclair officials say the conditions have reasonable safeguards, but the new use stops short of what they’d prefer. Or maybe “sweet innocence.” That covers up Deja Vu’s name and its famous motto: “1000s of Beautiful Girls and 3 Ugly Ones.” The exterior was untouched on Thursday, although the pylon sign had been painted white. The pylon sign, which is taller and larger than currently allowed, can remain for five years - change happens slowly on this corner - and its color must match the building. (Please paint it bunny gray! Suddenly it will be the county’s most adorable building!)Ī few of the colors seem vaguely racy, like a holdover from the Deja Vu days: “chantilly lace,” “marilyn’s dress,” “wedding veil,” “sweet innocence.” I love the names, all from Benjamin Moore, of the 63 colors: “November rain,” “iceberg,” “woodland snow,” “gray owl” and “bunny gray” among them. (In that sense, I guess the building could be Deja Vu all over again, but not as we knew it.) You can find the full list on my blog.Īlso, there is a document titled Approved Color Palette that lays out precisely which shades are allowed. In what seems to be a valiant effort by the county to close any loopholes, the business must choose from a list of nine approved names, among them Deja Vu Comedy and Sports Bar and Deja Vu Bar and Night Club. That resulted in closing the by-the-hour motel and the addition of landscaping and a more muted paint scheme to replace the neon pink, as well as giving the strip club a decade of continued existence. Officials there could only look on in frustration as they tried to clean up the portions of Mission that are in city limits.Īfter litigation that began circa 1988, the county negotiated a legal agreement with Deja Vu in 2002. The property is in unincorporated San Bernardino County, out of the jurisdiction of adjacent Montclair. The windowless building on the northwest corner of Mission Boulevard and Central Avenue has long been considered an eyesore and embarrassment. This may end decades of contention over the strip club’s activities and exterior. The exterior, now neon pink, will be painted white or gray. Under a legal settlement with San Bernardino County, the club, closed since November 2012, will become a bar. The showgirls won’t be back and the bright pink paint will be stripped off. As part of the early 2016 sale of the Demonbreun building to investors that plan a redevelopment project, the strip club could remain there for 18 months through the end of August.The former Deja Vu strip club outside Montclair will become less showy inside and out. Just think about after they close the other club down and everybody’s coming over here.”įor now, Déjà Vu is keeping open its longtime home at 1214 Demonbreun St., while also operating from the former Events 1418 building on Church Street. “It’s a mess,” said Molette, who last year fought against the strip club's planned move to that area. “It’s what we were afraid of. Midtown businessman Lee Molette cites some patrons of the strip club using drugs, dropping liquor bottles and other litter and parking illegally on his and other properties as among key problems since Déjà Vu's soft opening at 1418 Church St. two weeks ago. Some neighbors of Déjà Vu Showgirls on Church Street are already complaining about the strip club, which will host grand opening for that new location Thursday through Saturday.
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