Landmarks Commission sweet on Domino factory.The nebulous character of Brooklyn's waterfront just found a little more definition. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission is the New York City agency charged with administering New York's Landmarks Preservation Law. New York City's first landmarks legislation was enacted in 1965, prompted by the demolition of the original Pennsylvania Station, voted unanimously to grant landmark status to the former Domino Sugar Corporation Refinery, in Williamsburg, cluster of three brick building which once produced 3 million pounds of sugar every day. "The refinery is the oldest, intact structure on the site and the most iconic symbol of Brooklyn's industrial heritage on the waterfront. If sugar was king in Brooklyn, the former Domino complex for decades was its crown," said commission chairman Robert B. Tierny. The factory was started by sugar lords Fredrick and William Havemeyer in Lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. Lower Manhattan is generally defined as the area delineated on the north by Chambers Street, on the west by the Hudson River (North in 1807 and relocated to Williams burg in 1850. The plant has drawn considerable controversy since it closed in 2004 and was bought by CPC (1) (Central Processing Complex) An IBM mainframe that has two or more central processors (CPs) that share memory. It is the collection of processors, memory and I/O subsystems manufactured with a single serial number, typically all contained in one cabinet. Resources, the development arm if the Community Preservation Authority. CPC's plans to convert the factory into condos and add two additional high rise towers to the property were fought by preservationists who are afraid the towers will obstruct ob·struct v. To block or close a body passage so as to hinder or interrupt a flow. ob·struc  tive adj. resident's
water views.
Alternative plans suggesting preservation of the factory in its entirety or the conversion of the building into a cultural center or an exclusively affordable housing complex, were ultimately killed. CPC's plans to build the towers are not foiled by the landmark status which preserves only the exterior of the refinery. For the most part preservationists are content with the landmarking. "This is something we have been advocating for quite some time. The Domino Sugar Factory was featured in our nomination of Brooklyn's Waterfront as one of the Country's 11 most endangered places to the National Trust for Historic Preservation Historic preservation is the act of maintaining and repairing existing historic materials and the retention of a property's form as it has evolved over time. When considering the United States Department of Interior's interpretation: "Preservation calls for the existing form, ," said Lisa Kersavage, director of advocacy for the Municipal Arts Society. "We think the Landmarks Commission did the right thing." The fate of the BIM BIM Building Information Modeling BIM Building Information Model BIM Bord Iascaigh Mhara (Irish Sea Fisheries Board) BIM Brussels Instituut voor Milieubeheer (Belgium) BIM Bharathidasan Institute of Management building which sports the "Domino Sugar" sign, and the syrup station, which was used to make industrial grade sugar syrup Noun 1. sugar syrup - sugar and water and sometimes corn syrup boiled together; used as sweetening especially in drinks sirup, syrup - a thick sweet sticky liquid like the kind used in soda, still hangs in the air. |
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