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More on LoLo, the Great Landbridge to Governors Island
The New York Observer Real Estate
Jan 12Last year, a not-entirely outrageous proposal by urban theorist and Columbia professor Vishaan Chakrabarti was put forward to use landfill to connect Governors Island to Lower Manhattan, creating an entirely new Battery Park City South of sorts. Compar... »
After Three Years at Sea, the TEAM Drifts Home
The New York Observer
Jan 10TEAM in "Mission Drift." (Rachel Chavkin) Apparently, actors need no longer wait until dawn for the reviews to come in. Twenty minutes after the opening of Mission Drift, a new musical developed by New York theater collective the TEAM, at August’s Edin... »
Governors’ gripe
New York Post
Jan 01“Fantasy Island” is a dose of reality (Annie Karni, PostScript, Dec. 25). Since the transfer of Governors Island in 2003 from federal to state control for a dollar, little progress has taken place. This has left taxpayers frowning. In 2003, the federal... »
Fantasy island
New York Post
Dec 25Welcome to Governors Island, where dreams go to die. Former Mayor Giuliani wanted to transform the deserted land into a casino and five-star hotel. Mayor Bloomberg, recovering from the failed Olympics bid in 2005, proposed a high-flying gondola that wo... »
Agnes Gund: Helping Artists Become Artists
HuffPost New York
Dec 19One of the mysteries of the arts is how an artist becomes an artist. We know that very few trained and talented visual artists actually make careers in the arts. Seeing all of this for so long I am encouraged by some positive trends. »
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The Andrew Freedman Home is No Longer Empty
Urban Omnibus
Jan 25The founder and the director of an organization that revitalizes neighborhoods by curating exhibitions in empty spaces discuss their process of transforming a Bronx landmark into a temporary venue for contemporary art. »
SOTC: Bloomberg Touts Bike-Share, Bike Lanes, Street Safety [Updated]
Streetsblog New York City
Jan 12Mayor Bloomberg is presenting his penultimate State of the City address at this hour. His prepared remarks, which we’ve excerpted below, include more regarding livable streets than we’ve seen since 2008, and the most any mayor has said about bike polic... »
Studio Report | The Speculation Studio: Governors Island, The Sixth Borough?
Urban Omnibus
Jan 11Laurie Hawkinson shares student work and discusses the meanings of 'speculation', collaborations between architecture and real estate students, and the return of big ideas. »
The New York Giants, before they were giants
The Bowery Boys
Jan 10At the legendary Polo Grounds 1925, where the Giants football team (after a couple false starts) finally make their mark on the sport.The New York Giants, currently in the playoffs and on their way to tackle the formidable Green Bay Packers this Sunday... »
Artcards talks to 2011 GI Resident Brad Farwell about his series “Die Transfer Process”
Lower Manhattan Cutural Council
Jan 052011 Governors Island Resident Brad Farwell is featured in Artcards and discusses his current work-in-progress series Die Transfer Process at the Final Open Studios in Building 110 on Governors Island last December. About Die Transfer Process Using a c... »