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HDC reacts to the South Street Seaport Plan

Under General Growth’s new plan for the South Street Seaport, the 1907 Tin Building would be dismantled and moved from its historic location, the birthplace of the Fulton Fish Market to the far edge of the pier behind it. The 1939 … Continue reading

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Battery-Maritime Building Gets a Hotel Tiara?

From the New York Times November 25, 2007DispatchesDiscontent on a Tip of the Island at the Center of the WorldBy JAKE MOONEYON a cold morning last week, bundled-up tourists strolled south along the East River from the South Street Seaport, … Continue reading

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What will be the Future of the South Street Seaport?

From amNY.comChanges in store for South Street SeaportBy David Freedlander, amNewYork Staff Writerdfreedlander@am-ny.com November 13, 2007 The South Street Seaport, an area for decades dismissed as “just for tourists,” has re-emerged in the forefront of New Yorkers’ minds as architects, … Continue reading

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There Once Was a Neighborhood: Exhibit at the South Street Seaport Museum

A young Rebecca Lepkoff, camera in hand, navigated the streets of the Lower East Side of New York in the 1930s and 1940s, before the Alfred E. Smith housing project largely demolished and forever changed its character. She captured the … Continue reading

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Peck Slip Redo Coming to Consensus

From the Downtown ExpressCity stops to plant flowers in Peck Slip planBy Skye H. McFarlane Though two big regulatory hurdles still lie ahead, park advocates and preservationists appear to have reached an agreement on the redesign of Peck Slip. “We’re … Continue reading

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Peck Slip Plans To be Heard

Dear Friend of the Seaport, As you know, the design for Peck Slip is undergoing a revision in response to the call of the Community Board for more “greenery” within the historic site. The landscape firm of Quennell Rothschild and … Continue reading

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Following up on the Peck Slip Redo

From the Downtown Express The proposed “ghost ship” design for Peck Slip met with unhappy reviews when the Parks Department presented it to Community Board 1’s Seaport Committee on March 13. Neighborhood residents at the meeting asked the Parks Department … Continue reading

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Peck Slip Revised Plan Gets Rejected by Community Board Committees

From The Downtown Express Seaport residents say Peck plan won’t sailBy Skye H. McFarlaneVolume 19, Issue 44, March 16 – 22, 2007 The Parks Department’s new plan for a “ghost ship” piazza at Peck Slip was torpedoed Tuesday night by … Continue reading

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Not so many plans discusssed for the Seaport

From the Tribeca Trib: Hopes to Hear Seaport Plans Are Dashed By Andrea AppletonPOSTED MARCH 2, 2007 Hoping, finally, to learn the plans for Pier 17 and other properties in the South Street Seaport area, nearly 200 people showed up … Continue reading

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Seaport Redevelopment Plans

Plan would raze South Street Seaport mallBy Michael Clancy, amNewYork City Editormclancy@am-ny.comFebruary 23, 2007 South Street Seaport’s Pier 17 will most likely be razed to make way for a mixed-use retail, residential and open space development, a spokeswoman for the … Continue reading

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