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Domino Park is opening this Sunday

June 6, 2018 By Robert Lanham

Domino Park is opening this Sunday

UPDATED: It’s a busy weekend in Williamsburg. The Northside Festival is taking over dozens of venues in the neighborhood and the much-anticipated Domino Park is opening! Check them out this Sunday at 15 River Street along the East River in Williamsburg. Tacocino, the new Danny Meyer open air taco joint will be open this Sunday as […]

Filed Under: News, Restaurant & Bar News, Williamsburg Tagged With: Danny Meyer, Domino Park, domino sugar factory, Tacocina, two trees

New designs for the Domino Sugar Factory were approved last week

December 4, 2017 By Robert Lanham

New designs for the Domino Sugar Factory were approved last week

The crazy people at Two Trees are moving forward with designs that were approved on November 28. The plans will now involve a bizarre glass dome and a return for the historic Domino Sugar sign. Construction is set to be completed by 2020. A developer will transform the old Domino Sugar factory’s landmarked refinery building […]

Filed Under: News, Williamsburg Tagged With: david walentas, domino sugar factory, Jed Walentas, two trees

Lilia chef to open restaurant at former Domino Sugar Refinery site

September 19, 2017 By Josh Morrissey

Lilia chef to open restaurant at former Domino Sugar Refinery site

After opening Union Ave hot spot Lilia last year, Chef Missy Robbins will open a 4,00 square foot restaurant in the new $3 Billion dollar 325 Kent building at the former Domino Sugar Refinery site. From NY Post: Meanwhile, we’ve learned, celebrated chef Missy Robbins will launch a new restaurant there next year. Robbins, who […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: domino sugar factory, Lilia, missy robbins

Former Domino Sugar Factory grounds debuts new mega-apartment complex

June 1, 2017 By Nicole Napolitano

Former Domino Sugar Factory grounds debuts new mega-apartment complex

Because there aren’t yet enough luxury apartments to choose from in Williamsburg, right?  According to Curbed, the first piece of the Domino Sugar Factory grounds mega-redeveopment—which they report will eventually include more than 6,000 apartments and a waterfront park—is officially making its (almost) rental-ready debut at 325 Kent Avenue. Standing 16-stories high, the building neighbors the […]

Filed Under: News, Williamsburg Tagged With: david walentas, domino sugar factory, james corner field operations, Jed Walentas, kent ave, mekelburg's, real estate, two trees

Check out a digital 3D model of the Domino Sugar Factory

November 13, 2015 By Josh Morrissey

Sadly the Domino Sugar Factory has been partially demolished at this point, but

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 3d, domino sugar factory

Farm on Kent to host July 4th event and begin outdoor dinner series this month

July 1, 2015 By Robert Lanham

Starting this month, Williamsburg’s Farm on Kent will begin hosting events on the lot adjacent to the Domino Sugar Factory, at South Fourth and North Kent. The first event is this Saturday, as visitors are encouraged to come watch the fireworks beside the East River and Williamsburg Bridge: We’ve been spreading soil and plants throughout […]

Filed Under: Events, Williamsburg Tagged With: 2015, domino sugar factory, Farm on Kent, July 4, North Brooklyn Farms

First Domino Sugar condostrosity to be six stories taller than the Edge

July 8, 2014 By Robert Lanham

On Sunday, we bid adieu to Domino once again with the closing of the Kara Walker installation. Now we find that Two Trees, run by the insane Walentas family, have filed permits for the first building to be constructed on the site: DOB filings indicate that 320 Kent Avenue will span 470,106 square feet and […]

Filed Under: News, Williamsburg Tagged With: developers, domino sugar factory, Jed Walentas, two trees

It's official, the Two Trees plan to turn Domino into Dubai/Disneyland has been approved

May 16, 2014 By Robert Lanham

Goodbye historic landmark, hello Lego set condos: The latest Domino Sugar factory development plan passed the Council in a unanimous vote on Wednesday, opening the way for construction on the mega-development after years of heated debate over the project. Developer Two Trees Management Company’s vision includes five towers that are supposed to hold thousands of […]

Filed Under: News, Williamsburg Tagged With: Bill DeBlasio, domino sugar factory, Stephen Levin, Stephen Levin Towers, two trees, zoning

Kara Walker installed a huge Sphinx in Domino – 'very sad' about the fate of the historic landmark

May 6, 2014 By Robert Lanham

From Gothamist: This Saturday Kara Walker’s impressive installation at the former Domino Sugar Refinery in Williamsburg will open to the public, and yesterday we got inside for a little sneak peek. The work—her first major public project, commissioned by Creative Time—is still in progress, but mostly complete. The pieces have been created out of “unconventional materials […]

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Events, Williamsburg Tagged With: domino sugar factory, Kara Walker

Mayor's office gets additional affordable housing for Domino despite Two Trees’ "skillfully framed" PR campaign

March 4, 2014 By Robert Lanham

From a press release sent by the mayor’s office: [Two Trees] will provide an additional 110,000 square feet of affordable housing as part of the project, for a total of 537,000 square feet of affordable housing. The proposal will create 700 affordable apartments covering a range of incomes, including a significant number of units sized […]

Filed Under: News, Williamsburg Tagged With: Bill de Blasio, developers, domino sugar factory, Jed Walentas, politics, real estate, two trees

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