How the Past Comes Down: Demolition at Williamsburg’s Domino Complex
by Ben Brody
By Ben Brody Behind a green construction fence near the Williamsburg waterfront, crews are demolishing and gutting 28 buildings from the Domino Sugar Refinery complex, readying it for a $1.5 billion mixed-use development that the city approved in late April. It’s a familiar occurrence in space-starved and development-hungry New York: Contractors demolish old buildings to […]
Categories: Abandoned Buildings, Brooklyn, Reclaimed Spaces • Tags: demolition, Development, Domino Sugar Refinery, National Demolition Association, Two Trees, Williamsburg