A skyline-changing pair of towers are proposed for for the Williamsburg waterfront in Brooklyn.
Jonathan Hilburg reports:
Continuing the work done slightly south at Domino Park, today developer Two Trees revealed their newest addition to the Williamsburg, Brooklyn, waterfront. River Street will bring a pair of sloping towers designed by the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and a circular esplanade, cove, beach, boat launch and more, courtesy of James Corner Field Operations (JCFO) to the East River end of Metropolitan Avenue.
The article includes a series of renderings and plan view images to illustrate the scope of the project's ambition. Planetizen has picked up news of the ongoing redevelopment efforts of Two Trees on and around the previous site of the Domino Sugar Factory.
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