Alternative culture hub plan for Domino Sugar factory comes into focus.
While CPCR may be on the hunt for cash, a community group is seizing the hiatus to revive interest in an alternative plan that envisions the site as a mixed-use “cultural hub” that includes galleries, event spaces, a hotel, and a marina, as well as 200 affordable housing units.
Judge Rules The City Council Was Not Duped
They want, they want, they want, and last month they got: New York State Supreme Court Judge Eileen A. Rakower dismissed a suit brought by a small group of Williamsburg locals to stop the CPCR project on two basic grounds.
Luxury Living is Taking a Toll, Brother!
By Phil DePaolo Last month, I received an email from a resident who lives at Northside Piers (the first residential development to be built following the 2005 rezoning of the Greenpoint/Williamsburg waterfront) because he…
Loft Dwellers Prevail, For Now
By Ethan Pettit (Jan 24, 2011) At the conclusion of last night’s special hearing in Manhattan on a proposed amendment to the Loft Law that would make it more difficult for many loft…
Domino Plan Goes to a Vote in City Council w/ no Guarantees for Community
[The City Council of New York City held a final vote] which now determines the fate of the old Domino Sugar factory, a massive 19th century industrial site along the Williamsburg waterfront.
Loft Law Passes Both Houses of Legislature
New Loft Law Passes Senate, Awaits Governor The long embattled Loft law, this week was passed in both houses of the legislature. The next step is approval by the Governor. This legislation will…
Opinion/Editorial: North Brooklyn Creative Economy Zone
William Harvey proposes preservation of the artistic and small manufacturing-based legacy of the neighborhood, and its rich ethnic diversity.