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Rebecca & Nick’s Yale Club wedding

A chuppah of flowers, then the chairs lifted on the dance floor. The Yale Club, Manhattan.

A bride and groom kiss in the middle of Vanderbilt Avenue, Grand Central Terminal behind them and a yellow cab waiting at the light.
Venue
The Yale Club of New York City
Photography
Joseph Lin Photo

The Yale Club of New York sits on Vanderbilt Avenue, a few steps from Grand Central. Rebecca and Nick saw each other first on the roof terrace, high above Midtown. Then they went down to the street for portraits in the middle of Vanderbilt Avenue, timed to the few minutes when the light and the traffic allowed it.

They married in the Grand Ballroom, under a chuppah of white and green flowers. After dinner came the HORA, with the couple up on chairs above the room. From there the Hank Lane band took over, and nobody got to sit down for long.

Close on the floral lace of the wedding gown. Black and white.In a wood-panelled room beneath an old portrait, two women hold the bride's hands as she gets ready. Black and white.Getting ready, beneath the portraits.A brass Yale Club plaque on the building's stone facade, crossed by a shadow.White bridal sandals with knotted bows, set on deep blue velvet.The shoes, on blue velvet.The bride looks back over her shoulder in a wood-panelled room, her lace train spread across the carpet.The groom's father helps him with his tie, both laughing.The bride's father opens his arms as he sees her for the first time in her gown. Black and white.The groom sits in a leather wing chair in the club library, his groomsmen standing around him among the bookshelves.The groomsmen, in the library.On the roof terrace high above Midtown, the bride laughs as she takes the groom's hand, the Yale emblem on the railing beside them.The first look, on the roof terrace.On the roof terrace, the groom holds the bride's hand as she laughs, Midtown towers around them. Black and white.Two bridesmaids in green hold up their phones and bouquets, smiling as they watch from a window.The bridesmaids, watching from the window.The groom smiles as the bride turns toward him on the terrace, her skirt in her hands. Black and white.The bride stands between tall columns in a lounge with a Palladian window. Black and white.The wedding party gathered on a green sofa in a lamp-lit lounge, the bride at the center in a lace gown.The wedding party, in the lounge.The bride and groom sit in a leather armchair in the club's lounge beneath a great arrangement of yellow forsythia.The bride sits on a sofa beneath a tall window, her gown spread across the floor.The couple and their wedding party cross East 44th Street at Vanderbilt Avenue, bridesmaids in green.Crossing 44th Street.The wedding party on Vanderbilt Avenue, the couple kissing in front of Grand Central Terminal.The bride between two bridesmaids in green on Vanderbilt Avenue.In the middle of Vanderbilt Avenue, the groom dips the bride for a kiss, Grand Central's arched windows behind them and a yellow taxi waiting.A kiss on Vanderbilt Avenue, Grand Central behind.The groom lifts the bride in the middle of Vanderbilt Avenue, Grand Central's arched windows behind them.From above, the bride walks down the aisle between rows of standing guests. Black and white.The walk down the aisle.The groom reads his vows to the bride beneath the flowered chuppah. Black and white.The bride smiles as she reads her vows beneath the chuppah of white flowers and drapes.The couple kiss beneath the lit canopy at Grand Central's entrance, the bronze eagle above.Beneath the chuppah, a prayer shawl is wrapped around the bride and groom, family close by. Black and white.A pale ballroom with a crystal chandelier, rows of gold chairs facing a chuppah of white and green flowers hung with white drapes.The room, set for the ceremony.Beneath the flowered chuppah, the groom steps forward as the bride smiles beside him, family standing close.Beneath the chuppah, and married.The chuppah of white roses and greenery hung with white drapes, before arched windows.Guests talk over the cocktail hour spread. Black and white.The bride and groom kiss beneath the flowered chuppah as their families look on.The bride twirls on the roof terrace, lit Midtown towers behind her.The ballroom in amber light, round tables set with tall white arrangements beneath a great chandelier.The ballroom, before the guests come in.A round table set with candles and a tall arrangement of pink and white flowers beneath a bronze chandelier.The ballroom seen from above in warm light, round tables with white arrangements around the dance floor.A low bank of white flowers and greenery surrounded by candles glows at the foot of a pale column.Candles and white flowers.A tall white cake with sugar flowers on a round table, candles around it, before a tall window at night.The cake, by the window.The groom lifts the bride on the dance floor as guests cheer. Black and white.On the dance floor, the groom dips the bride low as guests cheer around them.The first dance.Seen from above, guests fill the dance floor of the ballroom beneath chandeliers and warm light.The dance floor, full.The couple are lifted high on chairs above a crowd of guests, the bride laughing and holding on. Black and white.The chairs go up.The bride and groom laugh at the sweetheart table during the toasts. Black and white.The bride dances with her father, her gown swirling. Black and white.The groom dances with his mother in the warm light of the ballroom.The bride dances among friends with their hands in the air. Black and white.The couple kiss on Vanderbilt Avenue, the bride's train spread across the crosswalk, Grand Central behind.Portraits on Vanderbilt Avenue, in the minutes the light allowed.The couple cut the cake together, smiling, in warm candlelight.Cutting the cake.

Behind the moment

The ceremony and the reception happened in the same room. While guests were at cocktail hour, the whole Grand Ballroom was turned from ceremony to dinner in under an hour. When the doors opened again, it looked as if it had always been set that way.

Credits

Photography
Joseph Lin Photo
Venue
The Yale Club of New York City
Music
Hank Lane

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