The ‘Burden’ of Making DUMBO a Historic DistrictBY ERIN DURKIN – Special to the SunJuly 26, 2007URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/59176 After a several uninterrupted years of stratospheric growth, the city could move toward restricting future development in the Brooklyn neighborhood of DUMBO. The Landmarks Preservation Commission this week voted 8-0 to formally consider creating a historic district […]
From The New York Community Council217 N 7th StreetBrooklyn NY 11211(347)-200-2353 For More Information: Philip DePaolo, President [email protected] You are about to read a report that was done by the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy At Rutgers University. The Report was conducted at the request of The New York Community Council. The report […]
From the Brooklyn Paper Domino’ falls?By Rachel Corbett The tilted yellow “Domino Sugar” sign on the old Williamsburg waterfront refinery could still be salvaged even though the building to which it’s attached will likely be knocked down during the site’s impending 11-acre redevelopment. “We are looking at several different ways to save the sign,” said […]
From the Brooklyn Paper The Squared Circle: Planners aim to untangle Grand Army Plaza knotBy Chris CascaranoPark Slope: Grand Army Plaza could be transformed from an intimidating, speeder-friendly highway in the center of Brooklyn to a free-flowing, Euro-style traffic circle, under a revolutionary plan that continues to gain speed of its own. Read more. To […]
From Curbed http://www.curbed.com/archives/2007/07/03/breaking_scope_plan_for_the_new_domino_revealed.php Just when you think it’s safe to drift into the July 4th holiday, comes this: the first renderings of what the developers want to build on the site of the Domino Sugar Plant on the Williamsburg waterfront. In three letters, OMG. The images come our way via the draft scope document that’s […]
We didn’t mean to neglect the Domino landmark battle, it’s been a busy few days. History and Homes May Mix at the Brooklyn WaterfrontNew York Times – June 27, 2007By MICHAEL WILSONHulking and dormant on the North Brooklyn waterfront, its floors still sticky from a century’s toil, the former Domino Sugar refinery was the focus […]
Once again, preservation is being forced into an antagonistic role with housing. This false dichotomy only harms both movements and polarizes civic-minded people who should be working together to enrich our city. Housing battle over Domino’s preservation by michael rundle / metro new york WILLIAMSBURG. Efforts to preserve historic buildings on the Brooklyn waterfront, such […]
From the Brooklyn Eagle (which has a very strict policy about cross-posting so I’ll excerpt): Brooklyn Broadside: Landmarks Needs Special Unit To Deal With Industrial Sites by Dennis Holt ([email protected]), published online 06-19-2007 BROOKLYN — There is an Endangered Species Act which, fortunately, has the force of law. There is also an Endangered Places declaration […]
June 14, 2007Brooklyn Waterfront Called Endangered Site By ROBIN POGREBIN Correction Appended The mighty Monitor, the ironclad Civil War ship, was built on Greenpoint’s gritty waterfront. The Graving Dock at the Todd Shipyards in Red Hook was the terminal for ships traveling from the Erie Canal. The Old Dutch Mustard Company in Williamsburg churned out […]
From The Gowanus Louge: http://gowanuslounge.blogspot.com/ The Don’t Demo Domino Concert in Grand Ferry Park in Williamsburg sponsored by the Waterfront Preservation Alliance of Greenpoint and Williamsburg drew hundreds of people yesterday, despite on-and-off rain that increased as the afternoon went on. Hundreds of signatures were collected on petitions calling for the landmarking of the buildings […]
