Series / Collection

Subjects

Embarcaciones de vela, Historia, Historia Contemporánea, Museos, Museos Navales, New York

ISBN/ISSN

978-0-930248-17-8

Publication

New York: Sea History Press, National Maritime Historical Society, 2013

Summary

On a Sunday afternoon walkt through the old fish market on South Street just below the Brooklyn Bridge, Peter and Norma made a discovery that changed their lives -and the lives of many who joined the great urban adventure of saving New York’s historic Street of Ships.
Among the fishing boats in port that mid-winter day in 1965, they recognized the battered hull of a thoroughbred Gloucester fishing schooner, built to travel fast under sail. Peter reflected on te impossible dream of returning sail to South Street; Norma asked, why not launch a campaign to save the old seaport waterfront?
So in 1966 they formed Friends of South Street, which in 1967 incorporated the South Street Seaport Museum. You can read what happened next in this close-up, vivid tale of how the Seaport gained the largest museum membership in America, won the first Landmarks battle in New York, and brought in ships from great square riggers to active sailing schooners.
In this saga you’ll meet Cape Horn sailorman Alan Villiers, urban leader Joan K. Davidson, philanthropist Brooke Astor, her philosopher friend the fish market garbageman Joe Cantalupo, and, throughout this account, the ordinary New Yorkers who came together to bring new life and purpose to the Seaport from which the modern city grew.

Notes

565 p.

Language

English

Katalogo-zenbaki

069.623.822 STA

Availability

Available