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Governors Island

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Gov·er·nors Island  (gvr-nrz)
An island of southeast New York in Upper New York Bay south of Manhattan. Used by the British as a residence for the colonial governor of New York in the 17th and 18th centuries, it was later used as the site of a U.S. military base.


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Five teams of the some of the world's most acclaimed architects and landscape experts are set to compete for the chance to transform destitute Governors Island into a destination park.
Governors Island superpark contest by Barr, Linda / Real Estate Weekly
Focusing on abandoned and nostalgic settings in Coney Island, Governors Island, and Times Square, they illustrate fantastical, haunted, and fragile aspects of our culture.
Lisa Kereszi: Yancey Richardson Gallery by Breidenbach, Tom / Artforum International
The last balloons had burst, with the streamers straggling wanly in the carly morning breeze across Governors Island back in September last year.
After the ball was over by Lyall, Sutherland / The Architectural Review
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