A pair of Miller’s Launch tugs, Catherine and Shawn, were at Pier 94 Saturday morning maneuvering construction barges. Work to convert the pier to movie studios and soundstages with a public walkway along the north and west exposures is complete, but filings show piling restoration efforts will continue into 2027.

The previous version of the pier was built as a freight terminal for Cunard Lines in the 1960s, supplementing the passenger terminal at Piers 92 and 90 and connected to Pier 92 via a land side structure. With containerization, the freight facility fell into disuse and was repurposed as an event space in the 1980s and then completely rebuilt over the past two years.