Review: Wetlands Preserved

From 1989 to 2001, the Wetlands Preserve flourished just off of New York's Houston Street. Founded by a Deadhead, the club attracted rising bands in the burgeoning "jam bands" scene, along with ska and hip-hop acts, while maintaining an activism center that held "eco-saloons" and launched inventive street theater protests. Dean Budnick's Wetlands Preserved is a heartfelt tribute to a joyous anomaly in New York's nightlife scene that eventually surrendered to Tribeca's increasing gentrification in the days following September 11. Wetlands Preserved opens this Friday. Read Jürgen's review.