Anyone Know Where to Park a 1,000-Foot-Long Ocean Liner?

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( FRIDAY, JANUARY 19 DEVELOPING [Anyone Know Where to Park a 1,000-Foot-Long Ocean Liner?]( A real-estate company’s plans to turn the S.S. United States into a hotel may not work out. Photo: Hannah Yoon/Bloomberg via Getty Images It is said that ships are the largest things that move, and ocean liners are among the hugest of the huge. Even among them, though, the S.S. United States stands out. It’s the biggest passenger ship ever built in America, just shy of 1,000 feet long. Commissioned in 1952 and retired in 1969, it has spent several decades shuttling from owner to owner, each successive one having grabbed onto the dream of bringing it back to life. Most recently, it’s spent two and a half decades moored in Philadelphia, lately in the care of a foundation that’s been trying hard to find someone to restore and find a use for it. Every few years, a new plan is (literally) floated, then falls through. The most promising was [an almost-consummated deal with Crystal Cruises]( to turn it back into a working liner, announced in 2016 and then abandoned owing to its technical infeasibility. Two months ago, [RXR Realty]( became the latest to lay out a promising scheme, intending to moor it in New York and turn it into a very cool hotel, docked at Pier 76 by the Javits Center. This week, [The Real Deal]( reported that this plan, too, was on the rocks, mostly because the Hochul administration says the pier there is too small. Meanwhile, the ship faces eviction from the pier in Philly amid a rent dispute. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( to save over 60% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [The Best Man-With-a-Van Services in New York Delivery services that can lug it all.]( By Arielle Avila [Anyone Know Where to Park a 1,000-Foot Ocean Liner? A real-estate company’s plans to turn the S.S. United States into a floating hotel may not work out.]( By Christopher Bonanos [A Rhinebeck Artist Compound and a Roomy Hudson Cottage Plus two other upstate listings.]( By Curbed Staff [This Week’s Worth-It New York City Apartment Listings Including some palatial four-bedrooms in the LES and in Williamsburg.]( By Nora DeLigter [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved