It was too big, really, especially as times changed. Rosenberg admitted to some melancholy about leaving the place. 'I mean, last night I was having dreams about things up in the attic I need to give away and of course it's already empty. 'I can't keep coming back here, but I do, every day,' he said.
It was one of seven different bars at the Metro. Rosenberg was a little disappointed nobody wanted the club's bar that came from the old Robert Meyer Hotel downtown. Long a gathering spot for the gay community in Jacksonville and beyond, it grew to have a piano bar, a disco dance floor, rooms for pool and drag shows. He'd had the power turned off already, so he used the flashlight on his cellphone to navigate around the sprawling building that's right against the railroad tracks that divide Riverside and Murray Hill.
