Williamsburgh Savings Bank Party Tiiiiime
According to Katherine Dykstra’s “Bank On It” in the June 25, 2009 New York Post, Magic Johnson and crew have tapped Jennifer Blumin, “whose Manhattan-based company converts old spaces into high-end event venues”, to manage One Hanson Place’s 15,000 square feet of event space. From the article:
When One Hanson first approached Blumin, whose other venues include Skylight in West SoHo, where buzzy fashion parties and product launches regularly take place, she wasn’t sure about the project. But that changed when she saw the Fort Greene space. With 75-foot ceilings, marble floors, a mezzanine balcony and ornate wooden teller stations running the perimeter of the room, the site is majestic, to say the least.
“My jaw was on the floor when I saw it,” says Blumin.
Having attended the Whitney Art Party the other week at Blumin’s Skylight, I know that any event that she oversees here will be A+. But she’s not targeting Manhattan douchebags who’d prefer to throw something on the island but Capitale’s already booked; nope, she wants to book clients who believe the hype:
“We’re not making excuses for this space, like, oh, it’s only a 10-minute subway ride from Manhattan,” says Blumin. People will have events in Brooklyn, she adds, “because they want to be in Brooklyn.”
The day rate on the space is about $15,000, although Blumin says she gives preferential treatment to Brooklyn brides.
Hmm; time to move back to Clinton Hill?
From the 2009 Whitney Art Party
