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The Friends of Governors Island is the private nonprofit organization that manages the island's operations and programming. [343] [351] It was founded as the Governors Island Alliance in 1995, following the Coast Guard's decision to vacate the island. The Alliance and its 50 member organizations led a campaign to return the island to New York ...
Governors Island National Monument is a unit of the United States national park system in New York City. It is located on 22 acres (89,000 m 2 ) of Governors Island , a 172-acre (0.70 km 2 ) island located off the southern tip of Manhattan Island , at the confluence of the Hudson and East rivers in New York Harbor .
Fort Jay is a coastal bastion fort and the name of a former United States Army post on Governors Island in New York Harbor, within New York City.Fort Jay is the oldest existing defensive structure on the island, and was named for John Jay, a member of the Federalist Party, New York governor, Chief Justice of the United States, Secretary of State, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United ...
Governors Island, the former military base and Coast Guard stomping ground, It was, perhaps, the best real estate deal in New York City history: For one lousy buck, New York State bought 172 acres ...
Governors Island Art Fair (GIAF) was an annual event on Governors Island in New York Harbor presented by 4heads and was New York City's first island-based art fair. [1] In later years it partnered with both the National Park Service as well as the Trust for Governors Island. [2]
Working with the nonprofit group Friends of Governors Island in 2017, StudioKCA designed mobile information units to try to bring solar powered, wireless connection to the public in Governors Island as information stations. [10]
FIGMENT is an annual participatory arts event that began on Governors Island in New York Harbor, United States in 2007, and has since spread to a number of other cities.The mission of FIGMENT is to provide a forum for community-based participatory art and experience.
The Governor's House, also known as Building 2, is a historic house on Governors Island in New York City. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The Governor's House was built c. 1805–1813, during the War of 1812 and was originally known as the Guard House.