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Judge orders removal of 1,000ft rotting ocean liner from Philadelphia pier
Dispute over 70-year-old SS United States has been in and out of court as plans to convert it or sink it fall through
A federal judge has ordered the caretakers of the 70-year-old SS United States to move it from its pier in Philadelphia by 12 September or lose possession of the vast ocean liner known as the “Queen of the Seas”. Daily dockage fees to the landlord Penn Warehousing run to $1,700 – but the ship’s caretakers, SS United States Conservancy, have refused to acknowledge that and have continued paying a previous rent of $850. The New York commercial real estate firm RXR realty came up with a plan to dock it in the Hudson River, convert it into an event space with a ballroom for 500, and use its huge funnels as atriums.
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