City Planning Certifies Domino Sugar Factory for ULURP
[nggallery id=”39816″ template=galleryview] Yesterday the New York City Department of City Planning certified the development plan for the former Domino Sugar Factory, kicking off the seven-month ULURP process. Known as New Domino, the project is slated to bring 660 units of affordable housing (breakdown by income category on the jump) and 1,540 units of market-rate…
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Yesterday the New York City Department of City Planning certified the development plan for the former Domino Sugar Factory, kicking off the seven-month ULURP process. Known as New Domino, the project is slated to bring 660 units of affordable housing (breakdown by income category on the jump) and 1,540 units of market-rate housing to the Williamsburg waterfront; there will also be 128,000 square feet of retail, 98,000 square feet of commercial office, and 147,000 square feet of community facility space. The ambitious undertaking, which has been in the planning stages now for almost five years now and includes the preservation of the existing landmarked refinery building and the creation of 11 acres of public space, is being developed by the Community Preservation Corporation and designed by Rafael Vinoly Architects and Beyer Blinder Belle. “This is an important moment for us, the community and the city; acres of parks, views of three bridges and affordable housing for hundreds of families,” said Michael Lappin, President and CEO of the Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) and CPC Resources, Inc. “We look forward to full community participation as we enter the formal public review process. According to the blog Brooklyn 11211, which had an extensive post on the topic yesterday, the presentation to Community Board 1—the first step in the land review process—could happen as early as next week with a full board vote coming by the second week in February.
Big Plans for Old Sugar Refinery Face Review [NY Times]
City Begins Review of $1.2B Domino Project [Brooklyn Paper]
City Planning Certifies Domino Sugar Waterfront Development [Brooklyn Eagle]
City Planning Certifies Waterfront Project [Courier Life]
New Landscape Renderings on ‘New Domino’ Site [Brownstoner]
Inside the LPC Meeting About Domino: New Plan OK’d [Brownstoner]
LPC Still Not Buying Domino Plan [Brownstoner]
New Domino Plans Falter at LPC Hearing [Brownstoner]
More Domino Plans [Brownstoner]
Domino Sugar Factory Proposed Addition Revealed [Brownstoner]
BREAKING! LPC Approves Historic Designation for Domino [Brownstoner]
CPC Shows and Tells Its Plans for Domino [Brownstoner] GMAP
Plans for ‘New Domino’ Released by City Planning [Brownstoner]
bxgrl, I know what you’re saying. I guess our priorities are different. I wouldn’t foster cats. I know it can take a pretty penny to sustain them so I wouldn’t get pets unless I know I could provide for them and not give up on things that I consider necessities in my life. I guess some may call it selfish. I wouldn’t live with a roommate either unless I absolutely had to. That’s why I settled for a studio, since it’s all I can comfortably afford without getting a one bedroom or a two bedroom with a roommate.
I still think a single can survive comfortably in this town on 40K (with employer benefits that is). Yes they’ll have to be a bit frugal and live in less fringe area and it may take them an hour and a half to get to work each day but it can be done.
And fyi, kens- Neither snappy’s nor my initial comment was directed at you but in general.
“When you look at the cost of electricity, the taxes, the cost of labor,etc., there is just no way for most manufacturers to cut it here.”
And now finance jobs….
You need high margins to live here as a person too. $40k goes way farther in the south and it does here.
Nor do you hear me complaining about how poor I am or that I am owed anything. I don’t know when you got out of college but 35,000 was worth more a few years ago- did you live alone? Did your employer give you benefits? Were you paying off loans? Ever have a medical of family emergency that cost you big bucks? All I’m saying is that yes it can be done-and in an ideal world, everyone should be able to live on very little money. But everyone’s circumstances are different.
On the other hand I have downsized to the point where if i want to save more I could take in a roommate- not going to happen. I could get rid of my cats- not happening. Even with that, I can not afford medical insurance- not semi-decent coverage. It’s easy to say if I can do it you can do it. But the fact remains, that is not always true.
Kens, my statement that you quoted was not aimed at you. It was aimed at folks in general who happily tell others to subsist on less. And no one is saying anyone is owed anything. I’m saying to call it what it is…and what it is is not truly affordable.
benson, your neighbors posted on this site that your building is a pos? What- maybe one person? Please.
And you are being deliberately disingenuous. Fedders buildings from the 50’s were a big cut above much of what is being put up today. I’ve been in plenty of 1950’s buildings, including those owned by relatives. You’re right, they are good, solid structures. But you and I both know exactly what I am referring to when I say “fedders.”
“People with a comfortable income have no problem telling those with less to make do on less.”
Oh. Yeah. Right on sister girl!
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at January 5, 2010 12:30 PM
If you saw my post, you would see that I lived on a lot less than most likely 99% of Brownstoner posters and I am STILL saying to stop crying me a river and there are a lot of ways you can downsize to pay for health insurance. Out of college I made $35,000. Rob, I bet that’s less than I made and somehow I managed pretty well to live, have a car, go out to eat once in a while and go on vacation once a year. I was a bit frugal but so what. You never heard me complaining how poor I was and that I was owned a gov’t apartment. Booo hoooooo.
“My point is the Fedders buildings are built like crap”
On what basis do you make this point? My home neighborhood of Gravesend is loaded with Fedders, some built in the 1950’s. Do you have any data showing wear-out issues with Fedder-type construction? These homes are made of solid brick, and are built in accordance with NYC’s tough building code. Don’t confuse taste with construction techniques.
“So you live in a BG building and don’t care if the neighbors in the pre-war think its a pos? But why assume that’s what they think? ”
I assume nothing – I read it on this site!
My point is the Fedders buildings are built like crap, with no thought to design or value. Yet you advocate them as though they really add anything to the housing stock. And if they are coop or condo- why would you think it’s ok for someone to put their money into a piece of crap? So they can throw money into repairing and fixing it? They won’t be saving much money when they’re throwing it at the plumber, the contractor and the electrician.
So you live in a BG building and don’t care if the neighbors in the pre-war think its a pos? But why assume that’s what they think?