Will a skyscraper at the South Street Seaport set a precedent for development in historic districts? By Amy Sohn For decades, development of a scruffy lot on the edge of the South Street historic ...

South Street Seaport has been tantalizing investors ever since Mayor John Lindsay protected the historic neighborhood in the late 1960s. The district briefly was the city’s No. 1 tourist ...

Several buildings in the South Street Seaport Historic District are considered to be some of the oldest standing structures in Manhattan. From taverns to warehouses, built by the most famous ...

Lower Manhattan groups have filed a lawsuit in a last-ditch effort to block the construction of a new tower in the South Street Seaport Historic District. Development company Howard Hughes Corp ...

The museum sold its rights to build in the South Street Seaport historic district to the Howard Hughes Corporation, which will use them to erect a 324-foot residential tower at the site of a ...

Chef Andrew Carmellini stands on Pier 17 at Manhattan’s historic South Street Seaport, an area where he once enjoyed bar hopping as a young chef and where he’s just opened his newest ...

Though you could stand on Manhattan today and forget you are on an island, for centuries, New York City’s success depended on its maritime industries. Since the days of the native Lenape, the ...

On the parcel of land at 250 Water St., just inside the western boundary of the South Street Seaport Historic district, there was once a five-story thermometer factory. The climate changed ...

selected SOM to design different proposals for a potential tower project at Manhattan’s South Street Seaport, the team has returned with a final vision for 250 Water Street… and the historic ...

The South Street Seaport Museum welcomes visitors back to the historic 1885 tall ship Wavertree at Pier 16 (Fulton and South Streets). Wavertree is designated on the National Register of Historic ...

Manhattan’s South Street Seaport might look pretty different in a few years if the Howard Hughes Corporation (HHC) moves ahead with its new residential development. The Lower Manhattan historic ...