I was sworn to secrecy about this. But now I see that the word is out and, of course, I missed the scoop. Well, I missed the scoop because off the record is off the record. I see from Gothamist that there was something on Brownstoner about misinformation about this matter. So now that the secret is out concerning Union Hall’s new music venue—something along the lines of the Music Hall of Williamsburg, I’m all over it. The f

I’ve known about it for sometime but I promised the owner (via a friend) that I wouldn’t say a thing until they wanted to make an announcement. I see that Gothamist spoke to my man Jack McFadden and he concurs that Union Hall’s new music venue planned for 7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues will be opening in 2008.

I thought it was going to be a multi-floor space but according to McFadden (via Gothamist) it is one main floor of an old warehouse. Here’s what he told Gothamist.

It is one main floor of an old warehouse. The space will be split into a lounge area in the front and a music venue in the back. Capacity is undetermined at this time, but the music venue portion will likely be under 300. It is on 7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue, it is NOT on the corner and not what Browstoner posted this morning.

Last night at a blogger gathering, someone was talking about the new space.

“Hey you know about that,” I said.
“Yeah,” He replied.
“I was sworn to secrecy,” I said.

He just looked at me like I was an idiot. But really. A friend of mine is a friend of Union Hall’s owner Jim Carden. Last night someone in the crowd said that the new space will mean that the old space will no longer have music.

But I guess he wasn’t right on tha score. According to McFadden (via Gothamis)

Nothing will change at Union Hall regarding booking policies. In fact, we expect our schedule to get stronger with the ability to bump shows over to the new place, when the time comes.

The new space is right near Brooklyn Artist Gym and Room 58, public rental spaces located at 167 7th Street for writers and artists. That street is shaping up to be VERY INTERESTING…

Okay the artists, writers, and musicians are there…What’s next…

More to come.