New Domino Park with Domino Refinery in behind. Photo by Daniel Levin
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:
Visit Grand Ferry Park and learn about the ferries that once connected Brooklyn to Manhattan before the construction of the Williamsburg Bridge
Stroll along Domino Park’s elevated walkway
Learn the history of the Domino Sugar Factory building and the sugar refining process
See leftover …
Profiles of six hidden or little known waterfront parks across all of NYC’s boroughs, including Hunts Point Landing, Grand Ferry Park, FDR Four Freedoms Park
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For over two decades, local artists have been fervently and fantastically vandalizing a massive abandoned waterfront structure that lies on a small piece of land, carved in between Miami’s urban north and natural south bays. This partially-floating concrete giant—the …
MoreInside the Domino Sugar Factory for the real scoop on construction and design with Two Trees.
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MoreWriter Benjamin Waldman walks and photographs the entire Manhattan waterfront.
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