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The state yesterday ended its turf war with the Bloomberg administration over two highly touted but long delayed waterfront projects by handing control of Brooklyn Bridge Park over to the city -- with Governors Island to soon follow suit. In an attempt... »
Now that the city's takeover of Brooklyn Bridge Park is complete, the next step is tearing Governors Island out of the state's death grip, a process that is going well, the Post reports. Mayor Bloomberg says $30 million earmarked for... »
Now that the city’s takeover of Brooklyn Bridge Park is complete, the next step is tearing Governors Island out of the state’s death grip, a process that is going well, … »
This will be the first summer that the festival has worked on Governors Island, 172 acres in the middle of New York Harbor that is reachable by ferry from lower Manhattan. »
Photo by Jake Dobkin/Gothamist The state has reportedly withdrawn its control of Brooklyn Bridge Park and given the cash-strapped project to the city. After a year of internal squabbles that delayed the planned opening of a portion of the parkland, Gov... »
NewYorkology: Lincoln Center Festival Announces Two Major Theater Events on Governors Island http://bit.ly/d6xKdq »
The state today ended its turf war with the Bloomberg administration over two highly touted, but long delayed, waterfront projects by handing control of Brooklyn Bridge Park over to the city — with Governors Island to soon follow suit. In an attempt to... »
When the Brooklyn Dodgers outgrew Ebbets Field, club owner Walter O’Malley proposed a domed stadium, the first of its kind, to be built at the now-controversial Atlantic Yards area. The probable designer? The geodesic dome master builder himself, Richa... »
The folks at DNAinfo report that NYU is planning to ban smoking on public sidewalks within 15 feet of the entrances, exits, and air vents of all NYU buildings by this fall. Greenwhich Villagers are already concerned that the ban... »
Those looking forward to warmer days spent wandering through abandoned houses, take note: Governors Island will open for the season on June 5, NewYorkology reports. Sadly, the creepy Castle Williams will be closed for the entire summer for asbestos aba... »
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