south street seaport – Scouting NY

The Titanic Guide To New York City

ByScout April 9, 2012January 8, 2014

A few months ago, my girlfriend and I sat down to watch the best movie ever made about the Titanic – and no, I’m not referring to the one rereleased this past weekend in 3D… I think the world is divided into two camps: those who love James Cameron’s Hollywood epic, and those who never…

In Plain Sight | Manhattan

The Rooftop Cruise Ship…Wait, What?

ByScout March 11, 2010January 7, 2014

There really isn’t any better way to describe it: look at the building on Water Street between Beekman & Peck Slip… And you’ll see a rooftop structure that can only be described as cruise ship-inspired architecture: The addition is appropriate to the building when you learn it is home to the Seamen’s Church Institute of…