Today, February 1, 2012, marks the one-year anniversary of the SS United States Conservancy's ownership of the greatest ship ever built, the SS United States. Our purchase of the ship, made possible by a generous $5.8M grant from H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest, marks the first time in history that an organization concerned primarily with historic preservation has owned a passenger vessel of this size.
The Conservancy has laid an extensive amount of groundwork in 2011 for the ship's redevelopment, but the ship is not saved. While we have made significant developmental progress in the past year, the fact remains that if a viable real estate deal and our organizational fundraising goals are not reached by the end of 2012, the ship will be sold and broken up for scrap.
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Conservancy Executive Director Susan Gibbs will present a "sneak preview" of the dazzling new film, SS United States: Made In America at the Mariners Museum of Newport News, VA, on Thursday, February 9. We hope that many Conservancy members and supporters from the Hampton Roads area, the birthplace of the SS United States, will attend this special event.
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The SS United States has come to life in the halls of Edinburgh’s Stills Gallery.
A new exhibition presents a haunting juxtaposition of the Big U’s glamorous past and her faded present. Memorabilia and prints of Kodachrome photographs, commemorating the ship’s heyday, are set in sharp contrast to five large-scale photographs of the SS United States as she is today.
Richard Williams, Professor of Contemporary Visual Cultures and Dean of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Edinburgh, is the architect of this exhibit.
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The SS United States Conservancy would like to invite all our supporters in the New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC chapters to our 2011 holiday parties supporting the SS United States.
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The SS United States Conservancy has released, on pre-sale, the latest yearly wall calendar featuring the SS United States, this year commemorating 60th Anniversary of the ship's maiden voyage in 1952. Celebrate this milestone by following the SS United States on a voyage across the Atlantic — from boarding in New York City, steaming down the Hudson River, racing through the open ocean, docking in Southampton and Le Havre, and then speeding back home. Filled with facts, including notations on important dates in the ship's history. A must-have for any ship lover, history buff, or both! To order, please visit our online store. Calendars are $25 each, and payment is accepted through PayPal, credit card, or mail-in check.
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The SS United States Conservancy will soon launch its annual fundraising appeal. We have the funding in hand to take care of the SS United States for only one more year. Your continued support will give our national flagship a chance at a future. No amount is too big or too small.
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The SS United States Conservancy is delighted to announce the appointment of three new members to its board of directors. As we deepen our curatorial and preservation planning efforts, the Conservancy is extremely fortunate to be guided by these renowned experts in the fields of finance and the arts. Welcome aboard!
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We pleased to announce that Dr. Marie Prewett has made an extremely generous gift of $10,000 to the Conservancy. A research scientist in New York City, Prewett has also created a moving video advocating for the preservation of the SS United States.
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The Conservancy is pleased to announce the publication of a comprehensive new history of the SS United States by British maritime expert and author Les Streater. The book, titled SS United States, America's Superliner, contains a treasure trove of SS United States imagery and information. The book chronicles the story of the vessel from William Francis Gibbs' early conceptions to the Conservancy's current efforts to foster a public-private partnership to facilitate the ship's redevelopment. Handsome, 250-page hardbound copies are available from Maritime Publishing Concepts.
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This is my first update as Managing Director of the SS United States Redevelopment Project. I'm looking forward to using this forum as a way to share information about the business side of the effort to save and redevelop our great ship of state. As the Conservancy announced last month, we have separated the for-profit aspects of the project from the Conservancy's core non-profit mission in order to clarify our efforts and make them more efficient.
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