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“‘Th e treacle is coming,’ warns a wild-eyed child as he hurtles past at meteoric speed before crawling up a tube slide” PHOTOS: DANIEL LEVIN

Clockwise from above “The treacle is coming,” warns a wild-eyed child as ’s Williamsburg from another developer, they Domino Park used to be a sugar refinery; attractions at the five- he hurtles past at meteoric speed before crawling up a tore up the approved plans and asked the community acre public park include bocce nearby tube slide. In tribute to the site’s former life as what they really wanted. The result? A development ball courts; Domino Park is the , artist Mark Reigelman’s that’s both residential and commercial, which preserves located next to the playground at Domino Park casts children in the role the original factory facade. “That mix brings a whole new of sugar, enabling them to propel themselves through a energy,” says Lombino. series of constructions taken from the factory’s original As for Reigelman, the artist thinks that the most layout and even painted in the same sugary colour important factor in the new park’s success so far is its palette. The riverside park is arranged along a similarly sense of play. “My work has always been about improving linear plot to the , and as well as the playground, public spaces,” he considers. “But having seen the impact offers visitors a dog run, volleyball and bocce ball courts, of this project, I might have to become a professional a lawn, a taco bar and – judging from the kids’ damp playground designer.” He’s only half joking. On a sunny clothes – a pretty unpredictable fountain courtyard. Wednesday afternoon, the results speak for themselves – “We hired Field Operations because they did the High the playground is teeming with children and, looking on Line,” says Dave Lombino, managing director of Two Trees from the sidelines, their parents and carers sit side-by- – the development firm behind the regeneration of the side with visitors. “Tourists, Dominican and Puerto site. “From the outset, we wanted to do something that Rican groups, the Hasidic Jewish community and white was representative of the community, where everyone Americans all hang out together here,” says Reigelman. would feel welcome, so we met with Rob Hammond, we “There are very few places in New York where that listened, and we took note.” Having acquired a site that happens. And the grown-ups are just as willing to be spans a quarter of a mile of the East River bank in playful here as the kids.”

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