Last November, I read a long New York Times piece about the return of the Peking to its country of origin, Germany. The square-rigged sailing ship at South Street Seaport was slated to leave ...

NYC's South Street Seaport played an important role in the development of world trade in the 1860s. ... Peking. This grand, four-masted ship was built in Hamburg, Germany in 1911.

At 22 feet long, the 1935 model of the legendary ocean liner RMS Queen Mary wouldn’t fit in most basements. But it’s fine in new gallery spaces at the South Street Seaport Museum.