Sometimes less is more. That was the message from veteran waterfront advocate Tom Fox as he unveiled a “Plan B” for rebooting the aging Manhattan Cruise Terminal.
Along the way, Fox sees an opportunity to correct an historic disappointment: the failure of the City to provide Hell’s Kitchen with attractive opportunities for public access to the waterfront like Chelsea and the West Village enjoy. “The neighborhood got short-changed,” he said, “and this is a chance to see that previous shortcomings are corrected.”
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Daniel Katzive is a freelance journalist working in New York City. Dan’s reporting focuses on explaining how the city and the region work, with an emphasis on infrastructure, transportation, waterfront land use and the maritime industry. Dan’s work has primarily appeared in the West Side Rag and the gCaptain maritime news service. He has also had articles published in lohud.com/the Journal News and the River Journal in Westchester. Dan embarked on his journalism career after working in financial markets as a research analyst for 25 years and then going back to school to earn a master’s degree in journalism from CUNY’s graduate school of journalism. He lives on the Upper West Side.