John Quadrozzi Jr., owner of the Gowanus Bay Terminal in Brooklyn, wants to turn the historic ship into a 'floating ecosystem' focused on sustainability.
A concrete magnate is seeking to stop the SS United States from being sunk off the coast of Florida so that it can be turned into a 'floating ecosystem' in New York City.The famed ship—which is larger than the Titanic and still holds the trans-Atlantic speed record for an ocean liner—was bought by Florida's Okaloosa County for $1 million. Officials are planning to sink it off the Gulf Coast and turn it into the world's largest artificial reef.
He pitched a proposal to turn the ship into a floating affordable housing project on the Hudson River to a local community board last month, the Columbia University student newspaper Columbia Daily Spectator reported.Newsweek has contacted Quadrozzi, McSweeney, Okaloosa County and the SS United States Conservancy for comment via email.The ship had been scheduled to depart Philadelphia at low tide on November 15.
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