Schermerhorn Row Part of the South Street Seaport District
This Sunday, September 16, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. I will be giving a tour of the South Street Seaport Historic District to support the South Street Seaport Museum. The walking tour will begin at the museum's headquarters Address: 12 Fulton Street, Manhattan 10038 Phone; (212) 748-8600 Website: SouthStreetSeaportMuseum.org The walking tour will be free of charge with the museum giving a 2 for 1 Admission to all who attend the walking tour. Read on to find out about the seaport.
The
South Street Seaport is a historic area in the New York City borough of
Manhattan, located where Fulton Street meets the East River, and adjacent to
the Financial District. The Seaport is a designated historic district, distinct
from the neighboring Financial District. It features some of the oldest
architecture in downtown Manhattan, and includes the largest concentration of
restored early 19th-century commercial buildings in the city. This includes
renovated original mercantile buildings, renovated sailing ships, the former
Fulton Fish Market, and modern tourist malls featuring food, shopping and
nightlife, with a view of the Brooklyn Bridge. At the entrance to the Seaport
is the Titanic Memorial Lighthouse.
South
Street Seaport Museum was founded in 1967 by Peter and Norma Stanford. When
originally opened as a museum, the focus of the Seaport Museum conservation was
to be an educational historic site, with "shops" mostly operating as
reproductions of working environments found during the Seaport's heyday, 1820
to 1860.
Designated
by Congress in 1998 as one of several museums, which together make up
"America's National Maritime Museum",
South Street Seaport Museum sits in a 12 square-block historic district that is
the site of the original port of New York City. The Museum has over 30,000
square feet (2,800 m²) of exhibition space and educational facilities. It
houses exhibition galleries, a working 19th-century print shop, an archeology
museum, a maritime library, a craft center, a marine life conservation lab, and
the largest privately owned fleet of historic ships in the country.
