Domino Sugar Factory To Be Considered by LPC
Tomorrow morning, the Landmarks Preservation Commission will decide whether to put the most historic portion of the Domino Sugar Factory on its calendar. Anyone know how Isaac (Mr. Katan, if you’re nasty) is playing his cards right now? Is he reworking the scheme to include the Filter House, Pan House and Finishing House? If not,…
Tomorrow morning, the Landmarks Preservation Commission will decide whether to put the most historic portion of the Domino Sugar Factory on its calendar. Anyone know how Isaac (Mr. Katan, if you’re nasty) is playing his cards right now? Is he reworking the scheme to include the Filter House, Pan House and Finishing House? If not, why hasn’t he already demolished the historic portions? It seems like the odds are pretty good that, if calendared, these three portions will ultimately be designated, no? (At the very least, once something’s been calendared, there’s a period during which no alterations are allowed.) It’s not like this is a hardship case either: If done right, condos carved out of this old building should sell at a premium to newly-built apartments, especially given the supply of new stuff that’s going to be coming on line in the next few years. Anyone got the inside dope?
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I disagree that the historic part of the building would make good condos. There are small widely spaced windows which don’t allow much light into the building. In addition the building is so deep that units would be very dark inside. Unless they allowed a light shaft or courtyard to be built I wouldn’t want to live there.
The Commission is indeed interested in designating a portion of this old warehouse a city landmark. Of course it could be overturned by the city council but after the Austin-Nichols debacle, I assume they have done their homework w/the pols so as not to repeat that episode. the Commission has received much criticism about not acting proactively on many endangered historic sites in Williamsburg and Greenpoint. They have to do something. This looks like it.