Can Better Design Redeem the Cruise Ship?

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( FRIDAY, MARCH 4 STREET VIEW [Can Better Design Redeem the Cruise Ship?]( Our architecture critic goes to sea. Photo: Courtesy of Virgin Voyages I found Virgin Voyages’ new cruise ship Scarlet Lady lolling just offshore from downtown Miami. She beckoned with her streaks of lipstick red, so I walked toward her, across the bridge and into the port (which is a little like[walking to La Guardia](: possible but not usual), and doubled back, trudging through a sea of parking lots. As I approached the company’s blindingly white, week-old terminal, the ship reared behind it, deck upon glassed-in deck, like a newly sprouted waterfront condo that had drifted across Biscayne Bay. I had come to examine this vast floating object designed to transport thousands into a multi-day fantasy of the yachtsman’s life. A cruise ship is a machine for leisure, and I wanted to know how it worked. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( for unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [Buy Your Plants on Craigslist And remember you live in a beautiful, strange city.]( [Weird and Wild Florals Are Everywhere You Look From Katie Stout’s bronze chandelier to the cotton petals on Pelle’s light post, furniture is in bloom.]( By Diana Budds [Amazon Is Closing Its Terrible Brick-and-Mortar Bookstores A quiet end to a bad idea.]( By Kim Velsey [Bryant Park Is Woodcock Central Right Now But why?]( By Willy Blackmore [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( It happened this week — let’s talk about it. [Sign up for My Week in New York](: a new newsletter from the editors. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( If you enjoyed reading Curbed’s daily newsletter, forward it to a friend. Or [sign up for our Design Hunting newsletter]( for a visual diary from design editor Wendy Goodman and the [Listings Edit newsletter](, a digest of particularly worth-it apartments for rent in New York City. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=curbed) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved