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Terminal's Rich Past Foggy Future/George E. Jordan

Terminal's Rich Past, Foggy Future By George E. Jordan STAFF WRITER A blaze that ripped through the Staten Island ferry terminal yesterday threatened a history-filled building that is the lone surviving structure from the Hudson River ferry's heyday. The Battery Maritime Building, erected in 1909, was at one time the center of ferry service when the line was an essential part of life in early Manhattan. It is adjacent to the terminal that caught fire and now houses city offices and the Coast Guard. Once, there were 17 ferry lines that ran between terminals in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Today, only the city runs ferry service from the site to Staten and Governors Islands. Since 1987, the city has been planning a $400-million renovation of the terminal and maritime building. A Koch administration advisory panel selected William Zeckendorf Jr., who has developed a dozen major city projects, and KG New York Land Inc., a Japanese concern, as prime developers of South Ferry Plaza. The renovation plan includes a 60- story office tower directly above the current terminal, a waterfront esplanade and public plaza, and a new ferry terminal. The high-rise would include a hotel, museum, public hall and a television studio. Three nonprofit arts groups were picked to renovate the maritime building into a 30,000-square foot center to be called the South Ferry Center for the Arts. Early plans call for relocating the city's Children's Museum there from midtown Manhattan. The plans were part of a push to develop Manhattan waterfront property, much like the South Street Seaport and Battery Park City. The ferry terminal project, and others like it, have been criticized by parks and civics groups for ringing the waterfront with expensive, high-rise developments. The City Club of New York protested that the building would cut off views of the harbor and sky in the densely built south end of Manhattan, which is dominated by 40-to-70-story skyscrapers east of Whitehall Street. Unlike some of the other designs, however, the South Ferry Plaza is not designed to be built over the water, and would not block the so-called "view corridor" over Battery Park, although it is expected to throw a long shadow. The project has been temporarily shelved because of the recession. of is
Article from 09 Sep 1991Newsday(New York, NY)
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