121 year old pier to be the new gateway to Statue of Liberty

For the past 20 years, Pier A has been an overlooked remnant on the waterfront of Lower Manhattan.

A once-grand Victorian structure that juts toward the Statue of Liberty from the northern edge of Battery Park, the pier has been the object of some big redevelopment plans but little activity. Frustrated by the pace of progress, city officials said last week that they had taken back control of the pier from a private developer and had plans to transform it into the gateway to New York Harbor.