Two Trees has a new proposal for the area just north of Domino Park. Like the Domino Sugar complex, the proposal is over-the-top, ambitious, and largely out of scale with the rest of the neighborhood. But now that the quaint, lovable Williamsburg of old is ruined anyway, we say bring it on. From Curbed: Developers […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nearly one hundred sites including Green-Wood Cemetery could lose their landmark preservation status without public hearings
Of course, this is just confirmation that developers call the shots in New York these days. We’ve already lost The Domino Sugar factory to the whims (and wallets) of Two Trees. Green-Wood Cemetery and Long Island City’s iconic Pepsi sign could be next: The Landmarks Preservation Commission plans to remove almost 100 sites and two historic districts […]
First Domino Sugar condostrosity to be six stories taller than the Edge
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 […]
David Walentas Is A Psychopath
If you haven’t already read New York Magazine’s profile of David and Jed Walentas, the father and son duo who plan to do to Domino what they did to DUMBO, you should.
It's official, the Two Trees plan to turn Domino into Dubai/Disneyland has been approved
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 […]
Mayor's office gets additional affordable housing for Domino despite Two Trees’ "skillfully framed" PR campaign
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 […]
“Buy Back Domino” and “Ka-Boom" Projections On Domino Sugar Factory
Via Brooklyn Paper Beaming the words “Buy Back Domino” and “Ka-Boom” on the side of the landmarked edifice that once processed more than half the sugar used in the United States, the activists are hoping to convince the public to donate enough money to help the group Williamsburg Independent People buy back the property from […]