How Much Do You Know About Governors Island? (updated)

Updated: New and improved with answers highlighted in red! Earlier this week, all of the staff on Governors Island got into the spirit of the season with our annual holiday party. As a part of the festivities, we have a quiz on all things Governors Island. This year, Able Engineering, who handles maintenance here, won [...]

Want to Come to Governors Island in the Middle of the Week?

Rangers give tours of Governors Island on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Governors Island is open every Friday-Sunday and all holiday Mondays from now through September 25. But did you know that you can have special weekday access to the Island on Wednesdays and Thursdays?   On these days, you can take a “Hike Through the National [...]

The Enchanting Views of Governors Island

In yesterday’s New York Times, there was an item in the Streetscapes column about a room at 70 Pine Street from which you have extraordinary views of Lower Manhattan and New York Harbor. The article remarks on the beauty of Governors Island as seen from the 66th floor of the building and mentions: A reporter for The [...]

Governors Island Polo Team

We found this great photo on ebay of the Governors Island polo team. The image was taken in 1940 and as you can see, the person who took it misspelled “Governors” as “Governers!” Polo matches took place on Governors Island during the 20th century, mainly between World War I and World War II. The game [...]

Make No Small Plans?

This map came to us from Claire Agre over at West 8 (the ace designers working on Governors Island’s park and public open space). They could at least have called it “New Governors Island.”

Know Any Good Ghost Stories?

Usually it hurts our feelings when people say Governors Island is creepy or compare us to Shutter Island or Lost, but we’re going with it this week because ’tis the season to be spooky. We thought about retelling Megan Taylor’s self-rocking hobby horse story or the one about the baby ghost that tried to push a former collegue down the [...]

Island Archives: A Look at Governors Island’s Picturesque Past

Oldies But Goodies As the 2010 season on Governors Island draws to a close, it is fun to look back at all the events and activities that this summer brought.  While on the Island, have you ever paused to wonder how it would have been to spend a day recreating on Governors Island 100 years ago? [...]

Island Archives: A look at Governors Island’s Picturesque Past

Governors Island visit is cheaper than in 1794 & other transportation tidbits Yup, that’s right.  A trip to Governors Island now costs you $.00, that’s $.03 less than you would have been charged in 1794 for a trip in a rowboat to help Governor Clinton construct the Island’s fortifications.  Factoring in inflation, the fact that [...]

ISLAND ARCHIVES: A Look at Governors Island’s Picturesque Past

Thanks McKim.  Thanks Mead.  Thanks White In the late 1870s a trio of architects joined together to form the firm McKim, Mead and White.   The influences on their work were many but they had a taste for order and grandeur and were involved in a number of prominent urban design schemes as well as buildings.  The [...]

ISLAND ARCHIVES: A Look at Governors Island’s Picturesque Past

Governors Island: Shape shifter Map of New York Harbor circa 1835. The familiar ice cream cone shape of the island has yet to emerge. The current and future island have much to offer;  2.2 mile promenade with harbor views, a green for picnicking, lounging and swinging while gazing at the Statue of Liberty, and a [...]

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 4,127 other followers