Category Archives: In The News
TGI adds CFO
Willa Padgett has been named chief financial officer for the Trust for Governors Island, a new post. She has had a career in public service, focused on budget planning and management for city agencies and non-profits. She was an assistant … Continue reading
Posted in In The News, Online-Offshore, The Island's Future
Di Suvero: Artist, Recycler
Tons of steel traveled hundreds and sometimes thousands of miles to mount the biggest and best outdoor sculpture show in the short history of Governors Island as a new gallery for the arts. It is also the first exhibit ever … Continue reading
Posted in Events, In The News, Online-Offshore
…and Next Year
Following Storm King’s extraordinary outdoor exhibit of sculpture this summer, the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum will stage an extraordinary indoor exhibit of graphic design in summer 2012. Their exhibit, Graphic Design: Now in Production, is co-sponsored with the Walker … Continue reading
Posted in Events, In The News, Online-Offshore, Uncategorized
2012 and Beyond
The benefits of having city control over the Island are busting out all over. Let’s drink to that! Yes, the newly revealed Phase I plan for the Island’s Parks and Public Spaces include a pipe to bring drinkable water from … Continue reading
Posted in In The News, Online-Offshore, The Island's Future
Harbor School is “Very Best”
It’s a first! And the winner is, of course, the Harbor School. The New York Landmarks Conservancy is giving the Urban Assembly New York Harbor School one of the Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards it gives each year for “the … Continue reading
Posted in Events, History, In The News
Tagged harbor school, Historic Preservation
Go Harbor!
Mayor Bloomberg cuts fishnet “ribbon” The Urban Assembly New York Harbor School is official at last. It has actually been functioning since July 19th, but it wasn’t official until Mayor Bloomberg cut the ribbon – fishnet in this case – … Continue reading
Posted in Events, In The News
Tagged New York Harbor School
Planting an Oyster Reef
Placing rock and shell material in Buttermilk Channel just offshore from Governors Island on October 6. This was the first step in a project to determine if oyster reefs can be restored to the harbor, where they once flourished. Collaborating … Continue reading
Posted in Events, In The News, Online-Offshore, The Island's Future
Tagged Oysters
A New Crew to Steer the Island
The newly appointed directors of the newly established Trust for Governors Island held their inaugural meeting on July 13 – appropriately on the Island in Pershing Hall. With the city now in control, nine of the new board’s 13 members … Continue reading
Posted in Events, In The News, Online-Offshore, The Island's Future
Tagged GIPEC, Governance
Coverage of the Summer Gala
Photo by Eleanor Foa Dienstag Governors Island Alliance made the news in womanaroundtown.com! Check out the “Traveling Around” section for the article about GIA, the Summer Gala, and the LMCC artist studios. Here’s an excerpt from the article: The event, … Continue reading
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GIA Hopeful for Renewed Progress With Island Under City Control
The Governors Island Alliance welcomed the announcement on Sunday that the City will assume control of Governors Island and move forward with the planning of its park and historic buildings. Read the full press release here. You can also read … Continue reading
Posted in Events, In The News, The Island's Future
Tagged city control, Governance, park master plan