This morning, the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved a redone design for the landmarked Domino plant in Williamsburg. It is part of a larger $1.3 billion development with an eventual 2,200 units of housing. The design from Beyer Blinder Bell included a significantly smaller rooftop addition and the preservation of the old Domino sign. Brownstoner live […]

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[Rendering courtesy of Rafael Viñoly Architects] The Landmarks Preservation Commission considered the proposed changes to the landmarked Domino Plant in Williamsburg yesterday, and told the architects to come back with a different design. The WGPA blog brought news of the hearing yesterday afternoon. New Domino architect Rafael Viñoly even appeared at the hearing, but it […]

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[Image courtesy of Rafael Vinoly Architects] The Landmarks Preservation Commission heard testimony about the five-story glass box developers propose to put atop the historic Domino Factory in Williamsburg yesterday, but took no action on the plan. It will hold another session in a few weeks. The Williamsburg-Greenpoint Preservation Alliance’s blog said that the LPC commissioners […]

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It’s hard to know where to start in talking about the renderings that of the New Domino in Williamsburg designed by Rafael Viñoly. It’s long been known that this would be one of the biggest mega-projects planned for Brooklyn, with 2,400 units of housing and towers up to 40 stories tall. Until now, however, the […]

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We will refrain from extended comment on what we will be calling Williamsburg’s Nightmare in Glass until Monday. In the meantime, that should offer an indication of our general feelings about the modification to the landmarked Domino Sugar Plant on Kent Avenue that developers are proposing. Yesterday, Brownstoner offered a first look at renderings that […]

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[Photo courtesy of Brownstoner] Our friends at Brownstoner attended last night’s Community Board 1 Landmark Committee meeting and caught the developer’s presentation about the New Domino. The photos are either riveting or alarming, depending on one’s point of view, and show a project that, as expected, would radically transform Williamsburg. The full set is over […]

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Among the stranger details to emerge from a presentation that Rafael Viñoly gave about the planned New Domino development in Williamsburg yesterday was the fact that he wanted to build a pedestrian bridge to Manhattan, but that the developers had said no. Other relevant information sent to Curbed yesterday included a description of the big […]

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The campaign to publicly sell the massive project that developers want to build the New Domino on the site of the old Domino Sugar Plant in Williamsburg includes a poll sponsored by the developer that finds that people support the project and say that big buildings are okay in return for affordable housing. The interesting […]

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This is what its creators have called the Living Domino, a reimagining of the old Domino Sugar factory in Williamsburg as a mix of affordable housing, arts space and a “vertical farm.” It’s on a blog called The Wild Green Yonder and here’s a bit of what the creator writes: The southern two blocks of […]

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To get a sense of how much housing and how many people the New Domino project would add to Williamsburg, simply look at the map above. It comes from a post on Wild Green Yonder by Adam Brock. We reproduce it here, because it shows the impact in a graphic way. Simply put, New Domino […]

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The main buildings of the old Domino Sugar factory in Williamsburg were landmarked yesterday in a vote that was, ultimately, a formality. As it’s one of the very few preservation victories in North Brooklyn recently, we should be jumping up and down and cheering. The buildings weren’t demolished before anyone moved to landmark them, for […]

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Here are links to coverage of yesterday’s Domino Sugar landmarking vote: Landmark Status is Approved for Domino Refinery in Brooklyn [NYT] LPC Designates Domino Sugar Factory [Historic Districts Council Newsstand] Old Domino Sugar Refinery is Now a Landmark [CityRoom] Domino Sugar Factory Landmarked [amNY] Sweet Success [NYP] BREAKING! LPC Approves Historic Designation for Domino [Brownstoner] […]

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If you haven’t already heard, let us be the second or third to tell you that several important buildings that were part of the old Domino Plant in Williamsburg were landmarked today. The vote by the Landmarks Preservation Commission was devoid of drama. The developers had even endorsed landmarking the main building (which for preservation […]

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That Williamsburg group that has floated the idea of turning the old Domino Sugar Plant into an art museum have put up a website to push the idea. The current proposal, of course, suggests up to 2,400 units of housing and buildings up to 30 and 40 stories tall. The old plant itself would be […]

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Here’s a playlist with a few vids related to the Domino Plant in Williamsburg, including a couple of vintage Domino Sugar TV ads.

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Check out the new City Limits for an interesting story on the trend that defines mega-projects in Brooklyn: the recruitment of advocacy groups and community development corporations by developers with promises of affordable housing. Atlantic Yards and developer Bruce Ratner’s virtual partnership with ACORN is the Gold Standard and one which the developers of the […]

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Without question, the proposed “New Domino” development that was formally rolled out to the press at an on-site event last week and which is has its first hearings today in from of the City Planning Commission, would be a huge project. It would include at least 2,200 residential units and several buildings of 30 and […]

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The email we got along with the link to the YouTube vid above, which is really more of a Powerpoint presentation than a video, said “why can’t we have affordable housing and something that gives back to the community, city, etc? it could even be private financing if need be.” Yesterday, Lost City described the […]

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