Sandwiched between a heliport and the Whitehall Staten Island Ferry Terminal at the southeastern tip of Manhattan, the 1909 Battery Maritime Building (BMB) was once the hub of an active waterfront, harboring ferries that shuttled Brooklyn commuters to and from an elevated train that fed into the building. Today it stands as a colorful reminder of a golden age of infrastructure in New York, when the city erected the Beaux-Arts-style beginnings of the subway (1904), Pennsylvania Station (1910), and Grand Central Terminal (1913). Nearly lost to the disuse and neglect many buildings suffered during the 20th-century race to modernize, this lushly decorated Beaux-Arts-expressionist structure—designed by Walker & Morris, a New York City Landmark since 1967, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976—has been rescued. Thanks to a thoughtful design strategy, the BMB maintains its provenance with updated ferry ports at grade and looks toward the future on its upper levels with the new Casa Cipriani, which aims to rouse its old bones with activity 24/7.