6Sqft (blog) | 27000 Tons of Floating Concrete and Fabulous Feats of Engineering Make Pier 57 Peerless 6Sqft (blog) In the summer of 1952, when the American economy was emerging with a roar from the stagnation of the Great Depression and World War II, engineer Emil H. Praeger was chosen to create a replacement for the Grace Line's old Pier 57 which had been ... |