Check out these amazing aerial photos. From high above you can really see the transformation taking place on the South Island where we are creating 30 acres of new park and public space. Also, check out the amazing views of the Harbor, Brooklyn and beyond!
Images courtesy Carlo Buscemi Imagery
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This past weekend, workers installed a *HUGE* sign across on our big red gantries. The new sign says “Governors Island” and is part of the construction underway on the first phase of our park and public space master plan.
The new signs are visible from as far away as the bike/ped path of the Brooklyn Bridge. Where else can you see it? Let us know in the comments below!
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Figment Festival 2012 on Governors Island. Photo: Ronay Menschel.
Governors Island welcomes all kinds of creative and unique exhibitions, festivals and experiences for our visitors each season. To help expand the projects on Governors Island for the 2013 season and beyond, we are so excited to be joining forces with Kickstarter! On Tuesday April 16th, we will be hosting a little shin-dig with Kickstarter and FIGMENT on how you can use Kickstarter to bring your project to Governors Island.
Kickstarter’s Art Program Director Stephanie Pereira will give a primer on how to bring a Kickstarter project to life. Lynda Realmuto, the Director of Special Events and Public Programs at the Trust for Governors Island, will be joining her to discuss permits, logistics, spaces, and everything you need to know to bring your plan to the Island—however it is funded. David Koren, Executive Director of Figment will dive deep into how he used Kickstarter to launch an art festival on Governors Island each June.
What: Kickstart Your Project on Governors Island
Where: Kickstarter’s Offices, 155 Rivington Street (b/w Clinton and Suffolk)
When: Tuesday, April 16th, 7pm – 9pm
RSVP: Lynda Realmuto – lrealmuto at govisland.nyc.gov
Space will fill up quickly so please RSVP to reserve your spot! Hope to see you there.
Kickstarter is the world’s largest funding platform for creative projects. Every week, tens of thousands of people pledge millions of dollars to projects from the worlds of music, film, art, technology, design, games, fashion, food, publishing, and other creative fields. Since April 2009, more than three million people have pledged more than $400 million to projects by creators who always maintain full ownership and complete creative control of their work.
Governors Island is thrilled to have hosted dozens of organizations that bring pigs, unicycles, tree houses, math, art, design—you name it—for our hundreds of thousands of visitors. We at Governors Island are committed to hosting any project that gets funding and fulfills our permit requirements. For more information on bringing projects to Governors Island and to download permit requirements, visit our website.
FIGMENT catalyzes and celebrates an abundance of creativity and passion, challenging artists and our communities to find new ways to create, share, think and dream. FIGMENT hosts an annual summer-long exhibition on Governors Island that includes an interactive sculpture garden, an artist-designed mini-golf course, and an architectural pavilion co-presented with ENYA and SEAoNY.
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We said goodbye to the last of the “Dogbone” buildings this week. The removal of the buildings that were once home to members of the Coast Guard, but had become dangerous eyesores, opens up dramatic views of the Statue of Liberty and clears the way for the creation of new ballfields and play lawns. The new park and public spaces are scheduled to be completed this fall.
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Staff of Liro/STV put together a short video of the demolition of a non-historic addition to Liggett Hall (Building 400). The removal of the obsolete eyesore returns this part of the building to its original form and helps clear the way to create Liggett Terrace, a lively plaza that will be completed later this year. Workers had already done the painstaking manual labor needed to protect the historic structure, and all that was left to be done was to pull down the offending structure with two carefully synchronized excavators. Watch!
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Susan Philipsz, Study for Strings, Documenta 13 Courtesy the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
Susan Philipsz, aTurner Prize – winning sound artist who will be presenting Governors Island’s first piece of permanent public art when we open the new parks and open spaces this fall, is giving a talk at the New School next week. Get there!
When: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 6:30pm
Where: The New School, John Tishman Auditorium
66 West 12th Street, NYC (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
Admission: $10; FREE to all students with valid ID and New School faculty, staff and alumni
To purchase tickets, visit PublicArtFund.org
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In spite of the wet weather, we began demolition of another building in the South Island last week. In its place we’re building a new park for new generations to enjoy. Cool fact: since the buildings were so tall, we used debris from previously demolished buildings to build a ramp for the excavators (the machines you see chomping the building) to reach the upper floors. That debris will then be re-re-used as fill for the new park spaces.
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Secretary Duncan with a Harbor School Student. Photo by Andy Kropa for the U.S. Department of Education.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, visited the Harbor School on Governors Island yesterday and really liked what he saw. Read more about Secretary Duncan’s visit on the official US Department of Education blog, Homeroom .
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The seat edges and curbs that will line the pathways in the new park and public spaces are made from a modular system of pre-cast concrete forms. To save costs, West 8 designed a limited number of forms that can be configured to create almost limitless shapes. However, the piece on the left is unique to join two standard pieces at a sharp angle. And it weighs as much as a car!
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Dirt is dirt, right? Wrong. High quality topsoil, the kind of dirt that helps sustain flowers, grass and trees, is actually hard to find. To keep costs down and ensure healthy long lives for everything green in our new park, we’re making our own dirt right here on Governors Island. The machine you’re looking at is a screener, which helps sift soil components. No doubt we’ll have lots to say about dirt in the coming months. . .
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