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🌱 Refining The Refinery + Kyrie Irving Suspended + Lightscape Returns
The quickest way to get caught up on the most important things happening today in Brooklyn.
Hello all. It's me, Carlie Houser, your host of the Brooklyn Daily — here to impart everything you need to know about what's happening in town these days. Including updates on...
- A new view from Domino Park
- The Nets scramble to clean up their act
- Things for your Saturday
But first, today's weather:
🌤 Breezy; fog in the morning. High: 72 Low: 63.
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Here are the top stories today in Brooklyn:
1. A glass building is being constructed inside the historic Domino Sugar Refinery. At the moment the structure is only a steel skeleton peeking out above the landmarked walls of the old sugar refinery on the East River in Williamsburg at 292 Kent Ave. Practice for Architecture and Urbanism and Two Trees paired up for the renovation project, hoping to remake the more than 130-year-old factory into an office building with a design aimed at amplifying natural light. The project was approved by the Landmark Society in 2017, but pandemic-era concerns about the viability and longevity of commercial spaces has brought the project into controversial territory. As many companies have transitioned to remote work in NYC, filling 460,000-square-feet of commercial space could pose a challenge.
2. The Brooklyn Nets have suspended Kyrie Irving for five games without play for his failure to say outright that he does not hold any antisemitic views. After Irving posted a link to an antisemitic documentary on his Twitter, he apologized only for being unclear about which views represented in the film he did and did not agree with. Following the incident, the Nets worked with Irving to help him see the consequences of his actions, and both parties actually donated $500,000 each to the Anti-Defamation League. However, in a press conference on Thursday, when Irving was promoted to disavow completely his having antisemitic views, he refused to do so. Dismayed, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver made a statement saying Irving was unfit to be associated with the Brooklyn Nets — Silver plans to talk with Irving later this week.
3. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden's after-dark illuminated spectacular, Lightscape, is returning on Nov. 16. Sold-out crowds in 2021 made Lightscape's debut a total hit. This year, over a million lights, animated by color and sound, will illuminate a one-mile trail that winds through the Garden's 52-acre landscape. New works of art by international artists will dot the path, along with the returning iconic Winter Cathedral and a reimagined Fire Garden destination. For hungry trekkers, seasonal treats and concessions will be available along the way. For more information about the experience and how to snag a ticket, visit the link below.
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Today in Brooklyn:
- 🐶☕️ FIDO Coffee Bark [pet owner meet-up], Long Meadow in Prospect Park, Today @ 7:30 a.m. | Details
- Día de los Muertos Celebration, Brooklyn Children's Museum, Today @ 10 a.m. | Details
- 📚 A Literary Brunch w/ A Sprinkling of the Supernatural, Old Stone House, Today @ 12 p.m. | Details
- 🎩 Drinks & A Magic Show, Cocktail Magique Theatre by Company XIV, Today @ 5 p.m. | Details
- Feel The News Comedy, Friends and Lovers, Today @ 7:30 p.m. | Details
🐝 Brooklyn Buzz:
- We're having an unusually balmy November, so get out there and take advantage of it! Maybe you've lived in Brooklyn all your life, or maybe you're new to the area. Either way, make this weekend one of (re)discovery. At the link, check out 228 cool and unusual (and sometimes hidden!) things to do in the borough this weekend. (Atlas Obscura)
- Sunday is the New York Marathon! Some of us will be running, other will be watching with doughnuts and coffee in hand. Whatever your relationship to the race, all New Yorkers will be impacted by it in one way or another. At the link, see how driving might be impacted by street closures on Sunday — the city urges folks to take mass transit on Sunday should they need to get somewhere. (ABC 7)
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You're all caught up for today, see you all tomorrow for another update!
🏃♀️ Wishing all you marathoners out a good night's sleep before tomorrow 💚
— Carlie Houser
About me: I'm a recent grad based in Brooklyn, NY. I love to write, run, read, and find new restaurants and venues around the city.
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