Desc: Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Nightclub: Directed by Dean Budnick. With Mabili Kregg Ajamu, Rob Barraco, Chris Barron, Tim Barry. On February 16, 1989 Larry Bloch and a team of novices achieved something unique in a former Chineese-food warehouse just south of the Holland Tunnel in Manhattan. Not only did this inexperienced collective open a nightclub in the mostly-underdeveloped Tribeca region but they created one that fused music with activism in an all together distinctive manner.