A few years ago, we held a contest on our blog to name the Island’s newest public space. And after we found a lovable cat on the Island, we asked you for suggestions of what to name her. Picnic Point is now one of the Island’s most popular spaces and Molly Brown is one of [...]
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Though the crowd on the swings at Picnic Point often suggests otherwise, we know that play on Governors Island is NOT just for grown ups! As part of Governors Island Park and Public Space project, West 8 is designing new play experiences for kids and we want to make sure they are as fun as can be. So [...]
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People have said a lot of nice things about West 8′s plan for Governors Island’s parks and public spaces, but “MMMMM, chocolatey!” was never one of them. Until now. For thier summer staff shindig, a friend of West 8 made a special Governors-Island-Park-and-Public-Space-Phase-1-shaped cake. Since we know those of you who think Governors Island totally looks [...]
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If you’re curious about what West 8 and the rest of the design team has been up to since we released the Park and Public Space Master Plan, we just posted some progress boards from a recent presentation up on the “Get Involved” section of our govisland.com site. That page also has links to recent presentations we’ve made to Community [...]
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Tonight, we’re checking in across the Buttermilk Channel at Community Board 6 to update them on the status of the Park and Public Space project. Trust staff and members of the West 8 Design team meet periodically with our neighbors in Brooklyn Community Boards 2 and 6, and Manhattan Community Board 1. We post presentations from each meeting on [...]
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When looking through The New York Times the other day, I came across an ad for the Museum of Modern Art. The ad shows more than a dozen notes from MoMA visitors that say what they did on their visit to the museum. The creativity that the visitors put into their drawings and thoughts reminded us [...]
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Jamie Maslyn Larson from West 8 just sent us this amazing photo of last night’s sunset taken on her journey to the Island. She and other folks from the design team were out here to study the Island at nighttime. They gathered lots of useful data to inform the lighting strategy and design of the future park and public spaces. [...]
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Every Monday morning, we check in on the “What’s Happening on Governors Island? Exhibit” to read the comments and notes people leave us about the Park and Public Space Master Plan design. There is always a fresh crop of creative and smart ideas and comments, but this morning we noticed a new trend. People were having [...]
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[Editors' update: All of the design tours are full. Please check back for October Tours] By popular demand, we are bringing our Park and Public Space Master Plan Design Tours back for a September encore. Earlier in the summer, dozens of visitors participated in tours of Governors Island lead by members of [...]
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