Suruthi Bala

This dynamic entrepreneur duo met at the University of Syracuse.

They did everything together, including opening nightclubs.

But Steve and Ian knew that they hadn't come close to realising their full potential yet.

But we've got years of revelry to gorge on, and it all started with the studio's founders.

Steve Rubell was the original poster person.

He knew everyone who was anyone.

He was the king of every social scene he laid his eyes on.

And his business partner, Ian Schrager, was an ice-cold operator who could sniff out the next big thing and make thousands of it before it even hit the gossip columns.

Both of them were native New Yorkers with a very successful club running in Queens.

The pair set their sights on Manhattan for their next project.

So they snapped up the building that CBS had left behind.

Ian Schrager had spotted a niche in the market.

So the CBS set was transformed into a disco in just six weeks with $400,000.

And a crack squad of NYC's design stars, including Gil Lesser, most famous for his award-winning design of the Equus poster.

Plus...

They sure.

So once the fit-up was complete, the space featured 85-foot-high ceilings.

Wow.

It's an opera house.

It's an enormous building.