p s e u d o r e a l

Better Than Real Because It's Not.


Friday November 21st 2008, 3:43 pm
Filed under: General

(October 19) At long last, the main event. The former Domino Sugar Refinery of Williamsburg, Brooklyn on the East River, formerly Havemeyer and Elder’s Sugar Refining Company, and soon to be luxury apartments with a killer view of the east side of midtown Manhattan.

never to return
Once upon a time, long, long ago, things were manufactured in New York City.

where do all the rich people come from?
Now we call these graveyards “historical landmarks”.
Next stop: Luxury apartments.

the sign will live on, with much irony
The landmark sign that inspired protests.

60% of the country's sugar was once produced in nyc
New York City used to be the “sugar capital” of the USA.

woe unto williamsburg
The sad remains of what once was.

future homes of millionaires
That sound you hear off in the distance is called gentrification.

we're watching you!
Incongruity.

sayonara, domino.
No gift shop at the end of this tour.


Monday November 17th 2008, 8:52 pm
Filed under: General

(October 19) Now that the developer of the Domino Sugar Refinery in Williamsburg is making nice with the community, they held an open house. I arrived to find a lot of people like myself, taking photographs, as well as many milling around, and sitting at tables, drinking wine and eating cheese that they’d brought with them. The property does have quite a view.

mexican band
I don’t think I’ve ever seen these guys on a Sunday afternoon before.

dude on stoop
There’s a lot going on behind all these closed doors.

strange graffitti
There’s a story here, I just don’t know what.

but do they love hipsters?
They love art.

passout record shop
A relic from another time.

mom & pop brooklyn store
I think I saw this place on Gothamist.

wildflowers
It’s a very colorful neighborhood.

who wants to do it?, step right up!
Very colorful.

east side of manhattan
This is what you see at the end of the entrance path.