Public Assembly & Music Hall of Williamsburg (cred)

According to Gothamist, the new owners of the Williamsburg space that held Galapagos have decided upon a name. That name is Public Assembly. It is not clear whether or not someone actually won the contest though.

I guess they changed their mind about "Natural Selection"...

We need your help to rename the performance space formerly known as Galapagos. The new owners of the Williamsburg venue plan to keep the space as it is for the most part, with the addition of improved audio equipment... and a new name.

Check out the space at www.70north6th.com

Submit your suggestions here and you could win a $1,000 bar tab, plus a year's free admission for you and a guest. [Nameourspace.com]

A press release was sent out about Natural Selection.....

Continue reading "Natural Selection (officially) taking over Galapagos "

TONY has it that Southpaw owner Matthew Roff, currently involved in the final stages of opening new Prospect Heights beer garden Franklin Park, plans to sign a lease tomorrow on the Galapagos space in Williamsburg.

The name: Natural Selection. "We're all fans of Darwin, obviously," says Roff, who will partner with the owners of popular South Slope watering hole Bar Four. "We were originally going to call it Madagascar but we thought that might be too much of a slap in the face."

Roff plans to retain the location as a performance space, and tells us the transformation could be "weeks away." Galapagos, as has been widely reported, will relocate to Dumbo sometime in 2009.