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Architects: Cook + Fox Architects
- Year: 2006
The South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan has a long history that has left a great impression on the economic development of New York City. Once a hub for the thriving shipping, dry goods and grocery industry, it has since turned into a space for public gathering with entertainment, retail, restaurants, water taxi stands and a venue for summer concerts. In between the demise of the exporting industry for the port and its reemergence as a cultural landmark, the historic brick warehouse buildings of the area were suffering from decades of decay and neglect. Cook + Fox Architects were among the firms that contributed to the massive effort required to revive the neighborhood. Eleven historic buildings along Front Street were transformed as part of this effort in 2006.
