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Say Your "I Dos" at Williamsburgh Savings Bank

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Photo by Jake Dobkin

What once housed the Williamsburgh Savings Bank, a slew of dentist offices, and now luxury condos, will take on yet another purpose: wedding hall. The Brooklyn Paper reports that "the landmark ground floor of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank building will open in September as a sumptuous catering hall for weddings." Mmm sumptuous. They'll also host your bar mitzvahs, corporate Christmas party, or any other high-end special events. Prices start at $15,000 to book the beautiful space in Fort Greene, which will be called the Clocktower at One Hanson (despite being many floors below the clocktower); the booker called that figure "Brooklyn-sensitive pricing."

Since the building is landmarked, the interior won't be undergoing any renovations; "the vaulted ceilings with images of the night sky, a mosaic of colonial New York on the wall, wooden bank teller stations and marble tables will be untouched."

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  • emily

    Sexy.

    I'd get married there.

  • Think2wice

    They should have called it The Bank Vault—implying opulence, but also irony. Anyway it'll do good. Beautiful space. Super-accessible location (12 subways and the LIRR).

  • OMG a beautiful photograph of the interior of an absolutley beautiful structure. Multiple kowtows to the landmarks committee! Bow once, bow twice, bow three times . . .

  • dontLookAtMe

    williamsburgh savings BANK TOWER is in fort greene, williamsburgh savings BANK is in williamsburg

  • Toby von Meistersinger

    Well it seems a lot better than the chain bookstore that was rumoured to have been going in there a few years ago.

  • Mr Mel

    Cipriani 42nd St is in the former Bowery Savings Bank building at 110 W 42 st beat them to it.

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