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After reviewing a new design that one commissioner promised would “rival the Tate,” the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved revised plans for a massive residential and retail development at the disused Domino Sugar Refinery in Williamsburg. One bit of good news is that the iconic Domino sign, which had been missing from previous designs, is now preserved. Brownstoner was liveblogging the hearing and reports that LPC chairman Robert Tierney called it a "brilliant adaptive plan." Groundbreaking is expected to occur in the fall of 2009. See more approved renderings here, none of which beat the gingerbread designs.
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Oh god, are those silhouettes on either side huge ass condos? Each one of those units better rent for as much as a place in an old Greenpoint building.
Thank god we've preserved this iconic eyesore so that future generations may too look out across the east river and cringe.
The Tate Modern is a great public museum amd civic amenity. This is just another high-rise Rolls Royce for the hedgefunders with a "Domino Sugar" hood ornament. Fucking brilliant.
Please. I like a landmark, but the Domino Sugar sign a landmark? What makes a landmark? Just because some people like it and feel nostalgic about something? How in the world is the Domino sign a huge contribution to the neighborhood? That's just silly.
It's pretty. But I would like to see a regulation saying that any new building can be no taller than the structure it is replacing. I don't mind the yuppies, cause I just moved here three years ago. For me to tell new-comers to fuck off would be ridiculous.