Page 40: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (January 1969)

Overall view of the South Street Seaport as it will appear when completed. It will occupy seven blocks in downtown Manhattan. Picture is of a 9-foot-square model A Little Bit Of Old New York Will Be Reborn In South Street Seaport New York City's South Street Seaport, designed to revive pride in America's maritime heritage, is rapidly taking shape. When com-pleted, the Seaport is expected to attract at least 3-million people a year. Already, this striking resto-ration project is attracting New York visitors, residents and school children. Long a dream of many maritime people, the non-profit South Street Seaport organization has obtained official New York City backing. Maritime industries have been giving their support by donating employee time and by financial assistance. The realistic pictures appearing on this page are actually photo-graphs taken of the 9-foot-square model of the Seaport. Some of the ships shown are already at the piers and open to the public. The other ships are lined up for acqui-sition and will be coming to the Seaport during the next year. Restoration of certain buildings is underway. Historic ships will occupy Piers 16, 17, 18 and 19. Schermerhorn Row (the large building at top center of the overall photograph) will house the State Maritime Museum. A rebuilt Fulton Market and other restored buildings, oc-cupying seven blocks, will be used by small museums and small mari-time-oriented private businesses. Information about the center is available from the South Street Seaport, 16 Fulton Street, New York, N.Y. 10005. Ships will make the Seaport one of America's great tour- A view down Beekman Street indicates the extent of the ist attractions. Elevated highway bypasses through traffic. restoration project, including cobblestone streets. View of restored buildings as they will appear from fore-deck of a square rigger. Schermerhorn Row is on the left. Seaport shipyard will be located on Pier 19. This will be a full-scale shipyard 38 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News