Shady Past, Uncertain Future of Sugar Factory

You learn something new everyday. From this weekend’s City section article on what the future may hold for the Revere Sugar Factory in Red Hook:

The factory building has an undeniably colorful history: One past owner was Antonio Floirendo of the Philippines, a close associate of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos. In 1983, authorities seized a 307-pound shipment of cocaine from a Panamanian ship that was docked at the plant.

Symbol of a Sweeter Past [NY Times]