Category Archives: The Island’s Future
For Old Seawall A New Facelift
The section of the Island’s seawall that takes the most pounding from the often stormy waters of New York harbor was originally a retaining wall, built as a boundary for the Lexington Avenue tunnel debris landfill that doubled the size … Continue reading
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A Park Begins to Blossom
Amazing things happen when the Island shuts down for the winter. Not least, construction of the park will start in the ball fields where Prince Harry has been playing polo for two years, transforming them into three distinct spaces: Liggett … Continue reading
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‘Sound’ Art for the Island
Susan Philipz, a prize-winning artist who creates ‘sculptural’ sound, has been selected to develop a permanent piece on the Island under the city’s Percent for Art program. She is best known for sound projections of her unaccompanied renditions of popular songs … Continue reading
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Support NYCDOT Bike Share on Gov Island!
Tell NYCDOT that you love biking on Governors Island! The City’s new bike share program is being launched in Summer 2012 and NYCDOT wants to know where you want a bike share station. Support bike share locations on … 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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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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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
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Turnover at the Top
Betty Chen, vice president for planning since the early GIPEC years, is going ashore to resume the practice of her skills as an architect. In the first major change in personnel since Mayor Bloomberg took charge of the Island, Simon … Continue reading
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Tagged Park Plans, The Trust for Governors Island