The place called the "South Street Seaport" is a 19th Century waterfront market district unique to New York City. Since 2006, New Amsterdam Market has worked to reinvent the East River Market District as a world-class destination that will again be cherished by New Yorkers and visitors alike.

Key to this vision is the preservation and reuse of New York's only two remaining river-edge market sheds, built in a local tradition that originated in Lower Manhattan in 1675.

We will work with the community and our elected officials to preserve the city-owned Tin Building and New Market Building intact and in their original locations. With the High Line as a precedent, we advocate revitalizing both buildings as a compelling public market place.

To the left, the Tin Building interior.
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