Deity Brooklyn Origins: Lounge and Cellar

Deity Wedding Venue and Events got their beginning with the renovation of the 1860’s building and starting in 2004. Owner Caio Dunson enlisted the help of family and friends to gut renovate a building in major disrepair. Also, with the addition of a cellar to maximize the space potential of this now NYC landmarked building. The building received a few renovations over the decades. One around 1916 when it became a synagogue and the art deco facade was added. Then again sometime in the 1960’s into an antique furniture store. Here is a peak into this modern overhaul that created the Lounge and Cellar of Deity Events.

Pre-2004
Our beautiful building in 2018
Caio Dunson exposing the brick, once covered in plaster
Caio and brother, Joe Dunson exposing the brick
The beginning of the cellar excavation
The Cellar excavation with Caio’s father, Dean Dunson
The Cellar excavation with Joe & Dean Dunson

Boulders found under the dirt
Concrete walls were poured for the Cellar

Creating the Lounge, ground level floor

Creating the poured concrete stairs from Cellar to exit
The Cellar in 2006
The Cellar in 2018
The Lounge floor with layout for concrete bar
Creating concrete seating in Lounge
Creating poured concrete hexagon bar in Lounge

Concrete hexagon bar in Lounge in 2007
The Lounge in 2018

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