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Williamsburg–Greenpoint Waterfront

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Con Ed will knock down Kent plant

Williamsburg Waterfront: After weeks of denials, Con Edison admitted this week that it will demolish a defunct power plant on the South Williamsburg waterfront, leveling a neighborhood landmark to make space for possible high-rise condo development. Comments (1).

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Parking lot paradise on waterfront

Williamsburg Waterfront: A weed-strewn parking lot on the border of Greenpoint and Williamsburg will bloom with a lush waterfront area, a cutting-edge building topped with a slanted lawn and a playing field under the latest city plan to create a world-class waterfront park. Comments (1).

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Power plant gets renewed energy?

Williamsburg Waterfront: A power plant that would block a proposed park on the North Brooklyn waterfront came back to life nearly a month after the state pulled the plug on the idea. Comment.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

After critical change, city is sweet on Domino

Williamsburg Waterfront: The city signed off on a new plan that would save the iconic Domino Sugar sign on the Williamsburg waterfront — and also pave the way for a glassy luxury addition atop the century-old sugar refinery building. Comments (2).

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Con-Ed con-dos?

Williamsburg Waterfront: Sudden construction activity in a long-dormant Con Ed power plant on Kent Avenue set off immediate alarms in a neighborhood antsy about the arrival of more luxury condo towers. Comment.

Saturday, March 8, 2008

What’s wrong with this picture?

Williamsburg Waterfront: The city is apparently not sweet on a developer’s plans to build a five-story glass addition atop the landmark Domino Sugar refinery building along the Williamsburg waterfront. Comments (2).

Saturday, April 5, 2008

Park without plants

Williamsburg Waterfront: State officials have turned off the lights on a plan to construct a power plant on the Williamsburg and Greenpoint waterfront — clearing the way for the creation of a long-sought new park. Comment.

Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008

Domino effect

Williamsburg Waterfront: Preservationists and affordable-housing advocates battled this week over a proposal to convert the Domino Sugar site in Williamsburg — including three landmarked buildings — into a development with more than 2,200 units of housing. Comments (1).
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