MWA Moves to the Belgian Blocks of Lower Manhattan

Friday, January 15, 2010 - 3:35pm

Around the corner from historic Peck Slip, two blocks from the tall ships of the South Street Seaport Museum and in the shadow of the Wall Street skyscrapers, MWA settles into its new home at 241 Water St.

This week, the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance moved closer to the water, to the original Port of New York to be exact. While South Street Seaport is our new home, we do have the same phone number (212-935-9831) and same email addresses. We now, however, share a front door with the Seamen's Church Institute, owner of the building at 241 Water Street. We thank the Municipal Art Society for providing us with office space for the last couple of years.

"The Seamen's Church Institute has a longstanding commitment to supporting the people of the working waterfront, as does the MWA," said MWA President Roland Lewis. "We're eager to get settled in Lower Manhattan and we thank the SCI for its welcome."

Said the Rev. David M. Rider, Seamen's Church Institute Executive Director, "Our soon-to-be-shared street address says it all, with two centuries of connection to the water that so deeply shapes our great city and region. SCI looks forward to daily interaction as both organizations pursue exciting missions."