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SCOUT· 31%1h 13m·2024-02-16·History#426 Behind the Domino Sign: Brooklyn's Bittersweet Empire
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The Brooklyn waterfront was once decorated with a yellow Domino Sugar sign, affixed to an aging refinery along a row of deteriorating industrial structures facing the East River. The Domino Sugar Refinery, completed in 1883 (replacing an older refinery after a devastating fire), was more than a factory. During the…
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