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Meeting venues head west (er, make that east) of the East River
Williamsburgh is hot.
Once the haven for Hasidic Jews in black hats and side curls (thousands of whom live here), the Brooklyn neighborhood over the bridge is being taken over by the hip and the hops (craft-beer breweries abound).
Now the landmark Williamsburgh Savings Bank headquarters is being restored as a high-end event venue, in a $20 million project.
Described by the Landmarks Preservation Commission as "one of the most monumental public spaces surviving in New York from the post-Civil War era," the building boasts a 110-foot-high cast-iron dome, one of the few existing murals by architect-designer Peter B. White, Italian marble floors and gold leaf, wood carvings and a fireplace.
The building dates back to 1875, 20 years before Brooklyn became part of New York City and the financial district that thrived on these streets headed across the river to Manhattan.
It is across the street from the original Peter Luger’s steak house, across the river from the Empire State Building, a ferry ride from Wall Street.
Event-planning firm Fête and catering company Bite will be the preferred vendors.
For those inclined to stay the night in this borough west of the East River, Andrew Zobler’s Sydell Group has purchased a large parcel of land on Wythe Avenue between North 9th and 10th streets, on which it intends to build a Freehand hotel, the New York Post reported.
Heritage Equity Partners also is planning a boutique hotel at 96 Wythe Street, a block away from the hip Wythe Hotel, which opened in 2012 in a 100-year-old factory building.
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