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Save Our Seaport (SOS) is a grassroots organization devoted to creating a new vision for the future of the South Street Seaport Museum, the Museum’s waterfront and boats, the Historic District and the old Fulton Market. Founded by Peter Stanford, SOS is an all-volunteer group of concerned New Yorkers who want to revitalize the South Street Seaport in a way that preserves its inherent character as the public steward of New York City’s maritime history. We will not allow this world-recognized treasure of our City to be destroyed by commercial development.

For Sail, Not For Sale

Save Our Seaport (SOS) is a grassroots organization devoted to creating a new vision for the future of the South Street Seaport Museum, the Museum’s waterfront and boats, the Historic District and the old Fulton Market. Founded by Peter Stanford, SOS is an all-volunteer group of concerned New Yorkers who want to revitalize the South Street Seaport in a way that preserves its inherent character as the public steward of New York City’s maritime history. We will not allow this world-recognized treasure of our City to be destroyed by commercial development.

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The South Street Seaport

In 2015, community support for preserving the South Street Seaport was successful in defeating a disastrous plan for a residential tower between the Seaport and the East River. But the fight is not over. The South Street Seaport Museum is still in peril and development projects slated for the district are all focused on retail, dining, and entertainment uses. Public use and maritime history are being squeezed out. It will take vigilant and informed public effort to keep the South Street Seaport historic. To support this effort, we offer briefs on the key elements of the Seaport, and the issues that are at stake. We hope you will find these briefs helpful, and will share them with others. Together, we can save our Seaport.

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Lawsuit filed vs Landmarks Preservation Commission

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July 26, 2021•1 min read

The Seaport Coalition, including SOS, filed a lawsuit on May 16 against the Landmarks Preservation Commission. The Coalition asserts that the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) ignored its mandate May 4th when it found the Howard Hughes Corporation’s zone-busting proposal for 250 Water Street “appropriate” in the Historic District, despite being more than three times the height of any existing building in the district. The Coalition’s litigation challenges the decision to grant such a grossly out of scale and clearly inappropriate project an LPC Certification of Appropriateness.

The Coalition has retained the services of attorney Michael S. Gruen, one of the first chairmen of the Historic Districts Council, and a past president of the City Club.

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