Category Archives: Online-Offshore
Lost History Link
The Island lost a link to history when Charlie Kahlman died in October. A certified historian, he was an N.P.S. Ranger who had been guiding visitors through the National Monument since 2007, and previously at Grant’s Tomb and Castle Clinton. … Continue reading
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WATER: Hooking up to Redhook
Legend has it that Dutch dairymaids carried their milk across the quarter-mile from Red Hook to Governors Island on foot at low tide – thus the name Buttermilk Channel. The channel is deeper now, much deeper. The challenge today is … Continue reading
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IN-DOCKtrination at the Harbor School
Forty teenagers reported to the Battery Maritime Building at 8 o’clock in the morning on Monday, August 1, to start their IN-DOCKtrination for four years at the Harbor School. Paperwork completed, they boarded the Coursen and ferried to the Island … Continue reading
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C’mon and hear…
Irving Berlin’s Alexander, of ragtime band fame, had nothing on the jazz age crews Michael Arenella has been bringing to the Island twice every summer. For the past six years, “Michael Arenella’s Dreamland Orchestra” has brought his own brand of … Continue reading
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IRENE SCENE
Worried about Irene damage to the Island? There wasn’t a lot. A tree or two were toppled and some branches were broken. Morning-after photo by National Park Service staff.
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The Island: A Work in Progress
The Trust for Governors Island’s new capital spending authority commits close to $77 million for the Island’s continuing transformation in the next 12 months, of which $25.5 million demolishes buildings and other obstructions to smooth the way for the park. … Continue reading
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New School on the Island?
Governors Island is one of the three choices of land that the city is offering as the site for a new school for the applied sciences – such as engineering, physics, computer science, chemistry and environmental science. The two others … Continue reading
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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
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Earth Matter(s)
The Earth Matter plot on the eastern edge of Picnic Point answers the age-old question of which came first: the chicken or the egg? The chicken did – about 30 of them, in an earth friendly demonstration project by a … Continue reading
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A New Look at Old Water
As a cleaner New York Harbor has penetrated deeper into the public consciousness every year, so has the desire to spread the news. From the Urban Assembly New York Harbor School‘s high school lessons to Baykeeper’s oyster gardening, advocates enliven … Continue reading
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