This is what its creators have called the Living Domino, a reimagining of the old Domino Sugar factory in Williamsburg as a mix of affordable housing, arts space and a “vertical farm.” It’s on a blog called The Wild Green Yonder and here’s a bit of what the creator writes:

The southern two blocks of the site, as well as the upland block, would be devoted to a mixture of public open space and affordable housing…Similar to London’s heralded BedZed development, the housing units would have attached south-facing greenhouses to help heat the building and provide space for growing food.

The recently-landmarked refinery structure (and the iconic concrete-and-glass tower behind it) would serve primarily as an arts and cultural center, along the lines of the vision laid out at dominosugar.org. With hundreds of thousands of square feet between the two buildings, there could be extensive galleries and performing arts space, with plenty of room left over for a public library, offices, or a magnet school.

The roof of the refinery, covered in PV and solar hot water heaters, would serve double duty as a rainwater collector…The northern two blocks of the site would house a Center for Urban Ecology, complete with a prototype vertical farm…There’d be an amphitheater, with the existing figure-8 footprint of two old storage towers as stage. Finally, the five blocks of public waterfront would accommodate a water taxi stop, a plaza, commercial tilapia culture, and a marina.

It will be interesting to see how many iterations the New Domino plan goes and what the final shape of zoning for the site turns out to be. The developers have already spent a significant amount of money on lobbying to try to ensure the 2,400 units of housing they want for the site are constructed.