The same month, Theodore Havemeyer submitted plans for a ten-story brick structure, likely a new filter house, to the Bureau of Buildings. That November, Havemeyer & Elder acquired an adjacent parcel, which had previously been leased to rival refiners Wintjen, Dick and Harms. In February 1881, Havemeyer & Elder received a permit from the City of Brooklyn's Bureau of Buildings to add three stories to an existing six-story building on Kent Avenue between South 4th and South 5th streets. Because of the depth of the East River in the vicinity of the refinery, shipments of raw sugar from overseas could be loaded directly into the facility. By 1870, the neighborhood produced a majority of sugar used within the United States, and by 1881, the Havemeyer refinery processed about three-fourths of all refined sugar in the nation. Several other refineries were subsequently built in Williamsburg, making it into the world's largest sugar-refining center at that time. During 18, the Havemeyers bought two lots between South 2nd and South 4th streets for expansion of the facility. According to sketches, the complex included a five-story building, two single-story buildings, and a standalone chimney. The Havemeyer & Elder refinery, also called the Yellow Sugar House, was the largest of the Havemeyer family plants. The refinery employed several Havemeyer family members, including Theodore, Henry, Hector, and Charles, the latter two of whom later formed their own refinery. The firm assumed the name Havemeyer, Townsend & Company in 1858, then Havemeyer & Elder in 1863. Bertrand co-founded Havemeyer & Bertrand at the intersection of modern-day Kent Avenue and South 3rd Street. The first member of the Havemeyer family to open a facility in Williamsburg was John C. The Havemeyer family's sugar-refining operations had outgrown its Manhattan plant by the mid-19th century. (1807–1891), who joined the Havemeyer family business in 1823, helped the operation grow into a large sugar-refining corporation. The original refinery occupied a lot of 30 by 40 feet (9.1 by 12.2 m), but by the 1840s it had expanded to ten stories and occupied the whole city block. Havemeyer and William Havemeyer, of the Havemeyer family, had established their first sugar refinery on Vandam Street in modern-day Hudson Square, Manhattan, in 1807. The village of Williamsburgh in northern Brooklyn was incorporated on the bank of the East River in 1827, with most of the commercial enterprises located on the waterfront, and after becoming a part of the city of Brooklyn in 1855, Williamsburg grew quickly. The industrial waterfront of Brooklyn was developed in the 19th century with the construction of major shipping hubs such as Red Hook's Atlantic Basin, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and Industry City. As of 2020, the refinery redevelopment consists of three completed towers the Filter, Pan, and Finishing House and a waterside park called Domino Park. Demolition of the non-landmark structures in the refinery began shortly afterward, and the first new tower in the development project opened in 2017. After the failure of an initial redevelopment proposal by CPC Resources, SHoP Architects proposed another design in 2013, which was approved the next year. The complex's filter, pan, and finishing house was made a New York City designated landmark in 2007, because of its historical significance as one of several industrial concerns on Brooklyn's waterfront. In the early 21st century, the refinery was redeveloped as office space, residential towers, and parkland. Demand started to decline in the 1920s with advances in sugar refining and the construction of other facilities, but the refinery continued to operate until 2004. Many different types of sugar were refined at the facility, and it employed up to 4,500 workers at its peak in 1919. The American Sugar Refining Company grew to control most of the sugar industry in the United States by the late 19th century, with the Brooklyn refinery as its largest plant. After a fire destroyed the original structures, the current complex was built in 1882 by Theodore A. Havemeyer Jr., the son of American Sugar's founder. The family's first refinery in Williamsburg opened in 1856 and was operated by Frederick C. When active as a refinery, it was operated by the Havemeyer family's American Sugar Refining Company, which produced Domino brand sugar and was one of several sugar factories on the East River in northern Brooklyn. The Domino Sugar Refinery is a mixed-use development and former sugar refinery in the neighborhood of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York City, along the East River. Cookfox (One South First and Ten Grand)Ħ00,000 square feet (56,000 m 2) of office space, 200,000 square feet (19,000 m 2) of retail space.Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (refinery renovation).
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