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South Street Seaport in New York

Anyone who’s ever seen in a movie set in New York City knows the sights to see once they arrive: The Empire State Building, Central Park, Broadway, Times Square, the Statue of Liberty.  How often, though, have you seen the Seaport District pop up onto film?  How often do movie characters wind up outside the South Street Seaport Museum?

The short history of the area is as follows: The Schermerhorn family purchased what’s known today as the Seaport District in the 18th Century.  In the early 19th Century, the family built a series of buildings known as Schermerhorn Row.  This brought together a number of merchants, providing a thriving business.  Once the 20th Century arrived, however, the area fell into neglect and much of these buildings were about to be demolished in the 1960s.  Concerned citizens came together and fought to preserve the Seaport; they purchased a number of the buildings and thus kept the Seaport District alive.  The South Street Seaport Museum now helps to provide necessary funds to maintain and gentrify the area.   They succeeded.  Today, this waterfront location has attracted a community, while the Museum reaches out with various exhibits and programs.

Once you arrive in New York and check into the hotels, big or small, come visit the Seaport District, where you’ll find in the museum an exhibit titled, DecoDence: Legendary Interiors and Illustrioius Travelers Aboard the SS Normandie, where you’ll see the interiors of this 83,000 ton and 1,028 foot long French ocean liner, one of the floating palaces of the mid-20th Century.  You’ll see how this ship was made with the best of French decorations, Dupas glass panels, Aubusson carpets, as well as Lalique towers of light.  The first class restaurant alone sat 700 guests and contained Lalique chandeliers.  It’s a look at luxury from a vanished age.

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