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Elena & Aleksey’s Liberty House wedding

A ceremony on the lawn at Liberty State Park, with Lower Manhattan across the water.

The groom holds the bride close from behind as she smiles down at her bouquet.
Venue
Liberty House
Date
September 2017
Photography
The Hons

Liberty House faces Lower Manhattan from the Jersey City side of the Hudson, and the whole day played with that view.

The couple saw each other first under the green steel sheds of the old railroad terminal in Liberty State Park. They married on the lawn under an arch of white fabric and flowers, with One World Trade Center across the water, then walked the waterfront for portraits, heading toward the city.

Dinner was in the glass-walled room, under strings of lights, with blush roses on every table and the skyline in every window. The first dance had Manhattan behind it, and so did the cake.

And at the very end of the night, a small surprise: an ice cream truck waiting outside.

The invitation suite in blush with painted flowers, laid out with the rings on a wooden table.The invitation, and the rings.The bride laughs as her makeup is done, clips in her hair. Black and white.A beaded ivory clutch with a scalloped flap, laid on white linen.The bride fastens a strappy sandal beneath the tulle of her gown. Black and white.The wedding gown and veil hanging against a warm wood-panelled door.The bride holds a loose bouquet of pink roses, anemones and deep plum blooms, silk ribbons trailing in the wind.The bride walks with her bridesmaids in blush beneath the green steel canopy of the old railroad terminal.Beneath the old train sheds.The bride and her bridesmaids, in flower crowns, laugh together inside a limousine.On the way, with the bridesmaids.The bride and groom walk out along a marina dock, sailboats and the Jersey City skyline ahead. Black and white.The wedding party lines the dock of a marina, sailboats beside them and the Jersey City and Manhattan towers beyond.The wedding party, at the marina.The wedding party lined up in the old train terminal beneath a To Trains sign, the bridesmaids in blush and the groomsmen in grey.The bride spins with her arms out before her bridesmaids in blush, beneath the terminal canopy.The bride and her bridesmaids.The bride and a bridesmaid in blush touch foreheads, their bouquets of pink roses held low.Beneath the brick arches of the terminal, the groom turns to see the bride for the first time. Black and white.The first look.The couple kiss in front of the red brick terminal building, her bouquet of blush and burgundy flowers in hand.By the terminal.The bride and groom walk hand in hand across the pavers, her gown catching the light.The groom holds the bride close from behind as she smiles down at her bouquet.On the lawn, rows of white chairs face a wooden arch draped with white fabric and flowers, the Manhattan skyline across the river.The lawn, set for the ceremony.A draped wooden arch trimmed with greenery, roses and pampas grass on the lawn, Lower Manhattan beyond.A little boy in suspenders holds a wooden sign reading They did it, now let's party.Two flower girls in floral crowns scatter petals from woven baskets as guests watch.The ceremony on the lawn, the Lower Manhattan skyline across the Hudson.The ceremony, with Manhattan across the river.Married, the couple walk back up the aisle to cheering guests, arms raised, the skyline behind them.Married, and cheering.The glass-walled reception room at Liberty House, round tables beneath strings of lights.The room for dinner.A menu card with watercolor leaves on a dusty pink napkin, gold cutlery on either side.A small jar favor wrapped in burlap and twine, set on a dusty pink napkin.A coaster on a glass reading Please don't take my drink, painted with a red rose.A centerpiece of blush roses and greenery with a gold table number, a votive candle beside it.A semi-naked cake with fresh flowers on a table by the window.The cake.The sweetheart table in sage green, garlanded with greenery and pink roses, the cake on a side table by the windows.A round shelf of framed photographs and greenery in a sunlit window bay, a green velvet chair beside it.The first dance beneath strings of lights, guests watching from the edges of the floor. Black and white.The couple turn in their first dance, the bride's skirt swinging out. Black and white.The first dance.The couple kiss on the lawn at Liberty State Park, the towers of Lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center across the water.The bride and groom walk hand in hand across the lawn toward the Lower Manhattan skyline.The bride, changed into a short fringed dress, cuts the naked cake with the groom.At night, the groom dips the bride for a kiss, One World Trade Center lit up across the water.Late at night, the couple kiss in front of a lit ice cream truck parked outside.And, at the end of the night, ice cream.

Credits

Photography
The Hons
Venue
Liberty House

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