I had the pleasure of helping flower up and set for this wedding. The space was weather worn sweet, textured, and perfectly encapsulated the couple getting married. Books, travel, and time were the repeat themes of the space. Located in Long Island City the Metrolpolitan Building is a hidden jem with multiple floors of endless curiosities. The owner herself, Eleanor Ambo is quite the trip, very much of the Miss Havisham personality.
"... think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day." Chapter 9, Great Expectations
"... no man who was not a true gentleman at heart, ever was, since the world began, a true gentleman in manner... no varnish can hide the grain of the wood; and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself." Chapter 22
"'So,' said Estella, 'I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me." Chapter 38