{"id":517087,"date":"2022-11-28T03:14:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T00:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/thanksgiving-on-the-yankee-ferry-new-yorks-oldest-ferryboat\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T03:14:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T00:14:24","slug":"thanksgiving-on-the-yankee-ferry-new-yorks-oldest-ferryboat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/thanksgiving-on-the-yankee-ferry-new-yorks-oldest-ferryboat\/","title":{"rendered":"#Thanksgiving on the Yankee Ferry, New York\u2019s oldest ferryboat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e05449445e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e05449445e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/thanksgiving-on-the-yankee-ferry-new-yorks-oldest-ferryboat\/#%E2%80%9CThanksgiving_on_the_Yankee_Ferry_New_Yorks_oldest_ferryboat%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Thanksgiving on the Yankee Ferry, New York\u2019s oldest ferryboat&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/thanksgiving-on-the-yankee-ferry-new-yorks-oldest-ferryboat\/#Forgotten_and_historic\" >Forgotten\u00a0and historic<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/thanksgiving-on-the-yankee-ferry-new-yorks-oldest-ferryboat\/#Its_SOS_time\" >It\u2019s SOS time<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThanksgiving_on_the_Yankee_Ferry_New_Yorks_oldest_ferryboat%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Thanksgiving on the Yankee Ferry, New York\u2019s oldest ferryboat&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/cindy-adams.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Cindy Adams\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/cindy-adams.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/cindy-adams.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Forgotten_and_historic\"><\/span><strong>Forgotten\u00a0and historic<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I spent part of Thanksgiving on the Yankee Ferry.<\/p>\n<p>Built in Philadelphia in 1907, predating the Titanic, the Yankee Ferry is New York\u2019s oldest ferryboat. All 150 feet once transported immigrants to the greatest nation on Earth \u2014 God Bless America.<\/p>\n<p>Ignored by civilization, forgotten in history, launched before moon rockets and one more \u201cMission: Impossible\u201d\u00a0Tom Cruise\u00a0snooze, the Yankee Ferry is now home to a couple who also once tasted fame, success and stardom.<\/p>\n<p>In the \u201980s, artists and creators<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/victoriaandrichardemprise.com\/\">\u00a0Victoria MacKenzie\u00a0and\u00a0Richard Childs<\/a>\u00a0opened MacKenzie-Childs on East 57th. Their brilliant, offbeat, whimsical home designs \u2014 tableware, furnishings, kitchen craft, chairs, tables, pots \u2014 became a must-have. So celebrated that their one-of-a-kind, expensive hand-tooled creations were also sold in top department stores.<\/p>\n<p>Like the Yankee Ferry they, too, faced a finish line. Bankruptcy, poor management \u2014 they were brilliant artists, not savvy financiers. The shop remains. The name remains. The creations remain. The names Victoria MacKenzie and Richard Childs now gone. The place taken over. The ownership new. The ability to reuse their original designs or rebrand their famous names legally forbidden.<\/p>\n<p>Once super-famous and wealthy, this couple now live on the remnants of a leftover forgotten hulk \u2014 an emblem of American history.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/yankee-ferry-20.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Yankee Ferry\" class=\"wp-image-24806707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/yankee-ferry-20.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/yankee-ferry-20.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/yankee-ferry-20.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The ferry was built in Philadelphia in 1907.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/yankeeferry<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With waterways not deep enough to bring passengers to Manhattan, this last ferry transported immigrants to Ellis Island. Its long steel hull with guns and cannon guarded Boston Harbor. It carried our WW1 soldiers to ships. Its gun was used for protection. It stood guard watching for torpedos. It brought the Hearsts, the rich, the VIPs, the officials to Liberty Island.<\/p>\n<p>Moored now in Staten Island, I was on this now-rotted, wood-warped, ropes-frayed forgotten veteran. The wreckage of its 16-member crew\u2019s bunks, hammocks, empty trunks. A can on deck reads \u201cBlack Bear Glue 1888.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Its_SOS_time\"><\/span><strong>It\u2019s SOS time<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In this specter of history, on its top deck, Victoria and Richard and their family made Thanksgiving lunch. Served on breathtaking one-of-a-kind platters, dishes, mugs, glasses, a table, a chair they managed to save.<\/p>\n<p>This ship \u2014 is this the way to treat American history? Is this to be how we care for our elderly? Should not the United States of America revere and remember its veterans?<\/p>\n<p>Staten Island could use a sight-seeing monument. A look into history. Another reason to come to this borough. This is a museum.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/yankee-ferry-21.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Yankee Ferry\" class=\"wp-image-24806710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/yankee-ferry-21.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/yankee-ferry-21.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/yankee-ferry-21.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>New York\u2019s oldest ferry is 150 feet and was used to transport immigrants to Ellis Island. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/yankeeferry<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Is there no senator, congressman, politician, anyone to realize we are ignoring a treasure? And having had home-made (or ship\u2019s kitchen) baked cake made by Victoria \u2014 how about her making it into a tea shop?<\/p>\n<p>Will someone pay attention?<\/p>\n<p>IN the immortal stammer of our immortal Chump of State\u00a0Biden: \u201cFirst thing I\u2019m doing next year to lick this recession is I\u2019m going to get all those deadbeats out of the soup kitchens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Only in his fog, kids, only in his fog.<\/strong>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Built in Philadelphia in 1907, predating the Titanic, the Yankee Ferry is New York\u2019s oldest ferryboat. All 150 feet once transported immigrants to the greatest nation on Earth \u2014 God Bless America. 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