Guastavino?s is a historic wedding venue located in New York City, New York. This architectural masterpiece is an intricate and spacious setting for weddings and other life celebrations. This event space is situated just beneath the 59th street bridge and can be utilized for rehearsal dinners, engagement parties, ceremonies, and receptions. Guastavino?s offers soaring granite arches and a catalan vaulted tile ceiling which makes this space completely unique.
Facilities and Capacity
Guastavino?s is home to a 15,000-square-foot interior which is fit to host weddings of 150 guests or more. In addition to the historic interior, this wedding venue also features a private garden at it?s mid-town location. The indoor part of Guastavino?s can be adapted to feature a dance floor and stage for entertainers. Additionally, this wedding venue has parking and wheelchair access which makes it easy for all your friends and family to arrive. Guastavino?s also offers rooms for the bridal parties to prepare for the day?s festivities.
History
The Queensboro Bridge was built and first opened to traffic in 1909. Guastavino?s resides just beneath this bridge and was designed by Rafael Guastavino and his son. They had a plan to develop the space into a commercial setting for local vendors to utilize. Guastavino is originally from Barcelona and his Catalonian architectural influence is recognizable in the vernacular technology used to construct the vaults. The space was used by local vendors to buy and sell fruits and vegetables until the Great Depression hit. Following those years, this space was used by the city?s Department of Transportation until 1973 when the New York City Landmarks Preservation Committee declared the Queensboro Bridge and the spaces below it a landmark. Guastavino?s has been protected from entrepreneurs looking to develop that area ever since.
Services Offered
Guastavino?s provides and on-site wedding planner and event coordinator to help assist you in planning your special day. The staff with handle all the set up, clean up, and tiny details of your special day so that you can focus on enjoying the celebration. Additionally, Guastavino?s offers on-site catering services and bartending, but also allows outside vendors of your choice. Tables, chairs, linens, china, glassware, and flatware are all included in Guastavino?s wedding packages.
