Stories of Domino Refinery Add Bittersweetness to Photos of Its Last Days
(Photo: Courtesy of Paul Raphaelson) To that end, Raphaelson spoke to about ten former workers, who he managed to track down via the Domino Sugar Refinery Facebook group , where many former employees still keep in touch. … …appreciation for the factory through a “sense of ownership over their jobs and the machines they worked with.” One story was particularly memorable: “One guy worked for years on a machine that produced sugar cubes, and he intuitively…
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Here’s Why There Was a Papier-Mâché Carrot at Last Night’s Domino Hearing
(Photo: Ryan Porush) Friends and foes of the plan to redevelop the Domino Sugar refinery once again had their say last night — and what would a Williamsburg community board meeting be without papier-mâché? … Yesterday Architect magazine posted renderings of the Domino Culture Factory, a proposal for the site that would incorporate a “green-energy technology center,” educational…
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