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Letter to the Editor> Sitting on the Dock

Letter to the Editor> Sitting on the Dock

[ Editor’s Note: The following letter was left in the comments section of archpaper.com in response to Alan G. Brake’s editorial “The Seaport Adrift” (AN 09_07.23.2014), which argued for more programming at Manhattan’s South Street Seaport, such as housing. Opinions expressed in letters to the editor do not necessarily reflect the opinions or sentiments of the newspaper. AN welcomes reader letters, which could appear in our regional print editions. To share your opinion, please email editor@archpaper.com]

How would adding housing help connect the building to its surroundings? The seaport is inherently a destination for most of the people who use it. The pop-up food market was perhaps the best-suited program for the site.

New York needs places where we feel we can escape the jungle and design doesn’t necessarily help. Why would I need a modern esplanade or a tower on the waterfront? All people really want to do is sit by the dock, look at the boats, and eat something of questionable nutritional value.

Andrew Wild Card
CUNY Macaulay Honors College


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