Saturday, April 12, 2008

The Puck Building

Here's some information regarding our awesome venue, the Puck Building.

This Romanesque Revival landmark, one of New York's great buildings, was built between 1885-1893; additional construction in 1899 replaced part of the building that was torn down for the extension of Lafayette Street. (The northeast corner is the original entrance.)

The building housed the offices and printing plant of the Puck humor magazine, which was published until 1918. (William Randolph Hearst bought it in 1917 and closed it a year later.) Years later, the offices of Spy magazine were here.

Be sure to note the gilded statues of Puck as a top-hatted infant.

In When Harry Met Sally
It was in the ballroom of the Puck Building that Harry finally proclaimed his love for Sally on New Year's Eve, and they embraced in a passionate kiss before stopping to discuss the meaning of the song Auld Lang Syne.

In Will and Grace
This is the building that houses Grace Adler Designs, where Grace, for some reason, put up with Karen as her assistant.

Finally, I found some random picture of Paris Hilton hanging out with some royal transexuals at the Puck Building.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.