Reason for Optimism at Domino Sugar Concert

Yesterday’s concert at Grand Ferry Park on the Williamsburg waterfront to rally support (and petition signatures) for the landmark designation of the old Romanesque Revival portion of the Domino Sugar Factory turned out to have a more celebratory feel than originally anticipated (despite the gloomy weather) following the publication of a NY1 article on Friday which quoted a spokesperson for the Community Preservation Corporation, partner along with Isaac Katan in the large-scale mixed-use conversion, expressing support for landmarking the factory’s centerpiece. We support the landmark designation of the historic refinery building as a centerpiece of the New Domino, said CPC’s Susan Pollock in a statement. It will be a living and distinctive link between the new culturally and economically diverse waterfront community and its industrial past. The big question mark remains whether the smaller bricker building at the southern end of the property known as the Adant House, which is very similar in design to the main filter house, will also be spared by LPC. We expect renderings for a new master plan (which includes affordable and market-rate housing in addition to retail) to be made public very shortly. From what we hear, a sub-committee of the community board in Williamsburg has already seen it.
Brooklyn Residents Host Concert To Save Domino Sugar Factory [NY1]
Don’t Demo Domino Concert on Sunday [Brownstoner]
Slideshow: Save Domino Concert [Gowanus Lounge]