New York City – Trinity Building+Construction Management Corp. of Wilmington, Mass.  has successfully completed construction of Houston Hall a 5,200sf Bavarian beer hall located between the West Village and Hudson Square in partnership with Heartland Brewery. The hall serves locally crafted beers and pub fare, in a turn of the century New York factory atmosphere. Houston Hall, designed by Jirka Kolar includes various distressed finishes, vintage fixtures and antique items..

“Overall it’s just not as simple as making something look old and antique, so trying to construct this space to meet today’s building code standards without sacrificing the design intent was extremely challenging,” said Mark Pasciuto, Senior Project Manager, Trinity Building+Construction Management Corp.

Over 100 years old, the building formerly housed a garage and required major structural modifications, masonry restoration and refinishing. However, the design intent is decidedly “distressed” and while all necessary modifications were made to bring the hall up to code, the refinishing work was done in a way that maintains the vintage design concept.

Antiqued skylights were installed throughout the space, an attic level on both ends of the building and a basement were added, and the existing concrete flooring was smoothed out with careful attention made to ensure that it still looks original to the space. The entrance is designed to resemble an old cobblestone street and the construction team installed 120-year-old arched doors imported from the Czech Republic.

Houston Hall boasts a massive distressed steel and marble topped bar, reclaimed southern yellow pine tables, oxidized solid steel windows with replica antiqued glass panes and service stations made from antique furniture sourced from the Brimfield fair.  The bathrooms are also equipped with reclaimed items and vintage objects decorate the hall throughout.