Seaport Developer: Toss 'Festival Marketplace' Overboard
Following the reveal in today’s Times of the long-awaited plans to redo Pier 17 and the South Street Seaport, we chatted with Michael McNaughton, a vice president with developers General Growth...
View ArticleSeaport Developer General Growth Looking for Billions
The Journal has an interesting story today about REIT General Growth Properties, which wants to redevelop South Street Seaport, and its scramble to come up with a few billion dollars as it refinances...
View ArticleMunicipal Art Society Presents: An Anti-Seaport Tower Slideshow
As part of its effort to oppose the plan to redevelop South Street Seaport, the Municipal Art Society put up a slideshow yesterday on its Web site intended to illustrate how a residential tower at the...
View Article“Over Pier, We Have A New Plan!” More Developments at South St. Seaport
Shiver me timbers, what of the tower? (SHoP) Avast, downtown! Howard Hughes Corp. is set to reveal its plans for the renovation of Pier 17 at South Street Seaport, according to Crain's. The plans will...
View ArticleLet the Great Downtown Mall Brawl Begin
Turning and turning in the widening gyre. (MTA/Flickr) So we already know Lower Manhattan is set to become a giant mall. No, we do not mean Canal Street, though that has been attracting big name...
View ArticleWelcome to the South Street Tweeport! Downtown Tourist Trap Aims for Cool,...
On a recent summer Saturday afternoon, the weather is perfect but the South Street Seaport’s so-called Tourist Alley is devoid of tourists. Nearly eight months after Sandy ransacked the area, its...
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