Governors Island is picture perfect, so we’re encouraging everyone to add their favorite photos to our “Governors Island Summer 2009” Flickr photo pool. Many visitors have already added some amazing pics! These are some of my personal favorites:
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TIis past weekend a gang on nine dads took their children out to Governors Island, and we could not be more please that they have discovered the Island as a great free place to bring their kids and relax. And one of the guys put it: “The moment you ship out, you’re docking. You could [...]
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UPDATE (06/21/09): THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN. Please join us for the next RECESS event on Septmber 26! August 22nd, Saturday: RECESS Table Tennis Noon to 5PM “RECESS is back this Saturday August 22nd at Colonels Row, this time with a sandpaper [...]
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The Added Value Farm on Governors Island is really taking off. Though the plants were only recently started, some big changes are taking place. This squash plant has some of the best views in the city. The farm is located in Picnic Point (a recently created eight and a half acre public open space that [...]
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Scene from Pulse Ensemble Theater’s production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Photo courtesy of Pulse Ensemble Theater. Pulse Ensemble Theatre Company is bringing Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to Governors Island this weekend. The play will be staged in Colonel’s Row at 2:00 PM on August 15th, 16th, 29th and 30th. The presentation is part [...]
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This weekend two festivals will share Governors Island. Both the African Film Festival and Civil War Weekend will be hosting events on the Island. The African Film Festival’s (AFF) mission is to promote knowledge and understanding of African culture through the moving image. The festival will involve a number of activities and performancessurrounding this theme. [...]
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Bike and Roll is bringing more bikes to Governors Island, due to popular demand. The additional 50 bikes brings our fleet up to a solid 250 bicycles for the public to enjoy. If you’re free tomorrow you should hop on a ferry over to the Island and grab a set of wheels–they are free to [...]
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You can see the changes that have been happening to Governors Island in the following pictures. The first photo is directly following the demolition of eight unusable and abandoned buildings at Picnic Point. Within a relatively short period of time these eight acres (which were previously off limits to visitors) have been turned into a [...]
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One of Governors Island‘s biggest fans (and GIPEC boardmember), Ann Buttenwieser, has recently written a book about the Island’s history and importance in the New York Harbor. The book is called ‘Governors Island: Jewel of the New York Harbor’ and is published by Syracuse University Press. In Rob Pirani’s blurb of the book he mentions that “Governors [...]
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Come out this weekend for some major kid fun on Governors Island. This weekend the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum will be having an arts and crafts celebration along with an apple press where kids can press apples to make juice! Last weekend over 500 kids pressed apples. That will happen this Sunday, the 26th of July in [...]
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