news Watch Todd P, Peter Shapiro and Other North Brooklyn Club Owners Talk Nightlife and DIY Posted on November 1, 2013 by Daniel Maurer They touched on many an occupational hazard, including a recent uptick in noise complaints that Shapiro attributed to the new hotels and condos in the area, and Rosenthal attributed to the construction barrier that was recently erected at the Domino Sugar factory site. Score: 0.47 Read More
news They’re Putting the ‘Art’ in Cartography and Taking Subway Maps to New Places Posted on December 16, 2014 by Tom Brant The added capacity would not only alleviate current overcrowding, but would provide room for growth associated with new residential mega-projects in Greenpoint, like the 2,300 apartments slated for construction on the the site of a former Domino Sugar factory. Score: 0.46 Read More
Arts & Culture news Four Films for the Freakin Weekend Posted on March 4, 2016March 26, 2021 by Nicole Disser Guests are invited to take a load off in their cushy seats, with wood mined from the Domino Sugar factory, and soak up the very first film the owners have chosen to screen, Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo (followed shortly by Taxi Driver). Score: 0.46 Read More
news You’ve Got 5 Summer Weekends Left: Here’s What to Do With ‘Em Posted on August 2, 2013 by Edna Ishayik A group of intrepid urban farmers have converted a plot of the Domino Sugar factory’s parking lot into a lush vegetable garden. Score: 0.46 Read More
news An Oral History of 285 Kent: ‘It Felt Magical and We All Got Wasted’ Posted on January 8, 2014 by Loren DiBlasi Going back even further, the space had been a storage warehouse for the Domino sugar factory (which, of course, is now being converted into an apartment complex ). Score: 0.46 Read More
news Is There a Toxic Plume Under Your Building? This Map of North Brooklyn Will Tell You Posted on October 21, 2015 by Nicole Disser The map’s glimpse of the past weaves all the way from the old Chelsea Fiber Mill (built at the end of the 19th century at the northern tip of Manhattan Avenue all the way down to the Domino Sugar Factory (site of the massive Two Trees development ). Score: 0.46 Read More
Arts & Culture news Notorious East Village Landlord Uses Street Art to Paint a Prettier Picture Posted on July 15, 2016March 23, 2021 by Nicole Disser …made a list of recent ones), and some of these collabs have turned out to be jaw-dropping critical darlings, like the colossal sphinx that Kara Walker installed at Domino Sugar Factory, just before the massive development project led by Two Trees got underway. Score: 0.46 Read More
news Remembering the ‘Forgotten City,’ Greenpoint Terminal Market Posted on December 31, 2013 by Elizabeth Flock In 2005, it held meetings with the New York City landmarks office and the New York state historic preservation office to try to get some kind of historical designation for the Greenpoint Terminal, as well as for the nearby Domino Sugar Refinery and the Eberhard Faber Pencil Factory. Score: 0.40 Read More
news Emily Dickinson in Space; Thrift Disco in Bushwick Posted on September 5, 2014 by Jenna Marotta (Culture With Sugar)—at the former Domino Sugar factory site. Score: 0.40 Read More
Arts & Culture news How the Bombay Beach Biennale Brought Art to a Toxic Wasteland Posted on May 9, 2017March 2, 2021 by Nicole Disser …White, who sits on the board at Creative Time (an NYC non-profit arts organization known for sweeping public projects, including Kara Walker’s sugar sphinx at the Domino Sugar factory) and Stefan Ashkenazy, owner of LA’s L’ermitage legion of luxury hotels. Score: 0.40 Read More