Seaport Tower shows New York’s fight between housing and heritage
Can the city build its future without destroying its past?
There is nothing beautiful about 250 Water Street, a derelict car park in Lower Manhattan. But it is in the historic low-rise district of Seaport, an old fishing quarter, which was designated a landmarked area in 1977. The site is the focus of a legal row over a project dubbed the “Seaport Tower”, which has pitted preservationists against developers.
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This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “The Big Grapple”
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