2 packets of sweet news: Domino Sugar sign returning to Brooklyn; Yonkers factory gets new sign, too
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What’s big and yellow and high above the Brooklyn waterfront? Half of a famed sign.
The Domino Sugar sign greeted generations of motorists crossing the Williamsburg Bridge, and now it’s coming back.
For admirers of the New York area’s industrial heritage — and what the symbols of that legacy mean to us — there is a lot of good news today in this exclusive email for paid subscribers.
The New York Times is reporting that a beloved Brooklyn icon is returning to the skyline. A replica of the Domino Sugar sign in Williamsburg, a longtime icon of the Brooklyn waterfront, is being installed. The word SUGAR is already up, and DOMINO will follow next week. Upon completion of that work, the sign will be lit anew.
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