Closing Bell: LPC Still Not Buying Domino Plan
At a public hearing today the LPC once again urged developers CPC Resources and Isaac Katan to rethink the design that Beyer Blinder Belle has produced for repurposing the landmark Domino refinery building. According to a post on the WPGA blog, “In a nutshell, the majority of the Commissioners felt that addition was too tall…
At a public hearing today the LPC once again urged developers CPC Resources and Isaac Katan to rethink the design that Beyer Blinder Belle has produced for repurposing the landmark Domino refinery building. According to a post on the WPGA blog, “In a nutshell, the majority of the Commissioners felt that addition was too tall and that it was not the the right design for this building.” Beyer Blinder Belle, meanwhile, compared its design to the Tate Modern, the Morgan Library and the Hearst Tower.
LPC to Domino: Not Yet [WGPA]
Landmarks Commission Sends Domino Back for More Work [Curbed]
New Domino Plans Falter at LPC Hearing [Brownstoner]
Rendering courtesy of Beyer Blinder Belle architects.
“please see the Louvre, the Tate Modern…”
Oh right, I forgot those European projects were also driven by AVARICIOUS AND GREEDY BROOKLYN LOW-LIFE DEVELOPERS WHO DONT GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE CiTY OR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.
sorry, how could I have missed the parallels with the Louvre?
moron!
Guest 6:55, please see the Louvre, the Tate Modern, and Guest 6:10.
why work to preserve the old building in the first place if you are going to humiliate it with a fat glass pillow on top? It is the very essence of a ridiculous, absurd, and ugly addition. Honestly, why bother? the old building looks like a joke with that glass highrise on its head.
I once worked on a penthouse addition to the City Club. The whole thing ended up looking like air handling units. I wasn’t involved from the beginning so I’m not sure if landmarks was involved or not.
Maybe if this one was a bit narrowed and lett the metal portions of the structure express itself in a raw earthy way the marriage would work.
I live over here in Williamsburg and like the plan. It looks cool with the old building bring absorbed by the new one. Hopefully the old thing is structurally sound enough to survive. Last time I was there inside it was all falling in and rusted out and even the bricks mortan was failing. Hard to see how they won’t have to tear it all down and rebuild it. However, the look sure beats the dumpy graffiti infested crap all around the site now. Not sure that I like the idea of even more condos bringing in thousands more folks for the L train, but as for the design, bring it on.
This is very common. The developer gets a concession from the city in exchange for preserving the building. Chances are, the conversion won’t be economically feasible unless the additional development rights are granted. In essence, that glass top will fund the preservation of this building.
Without it, the developer will let it sit and rot. It’s not like the city will do anything to preserve it.
It looks really dumb….but like a lot of unusual buildings, if it is built, it will probably grow on folks.
Actually looked again and do *not* like the gray boxes for mechanicals on top of the glass part. Perhaps that’s what offended LPC?
I think it’s really cool–agree with 4:39. That luminous, modern glass top is interesting. Many of these old factories are difficult to adapt to residential, and a developer could often quite reasonably need to grow the space like this to make it successful. Maybe something just a touch shorter would be approved?
Let’s just hope nobody tries to build a wacky bridge across the east river as they did across the Thames with the Tate Modern–that thing is goofy.