Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Governors Island

Streetfilms: FIGMENT Festival on Governors Island

By Brad Aaron | | No Comments
A couple of weekends ago, FIGMENT, a non-profit art and culture festival, held its 2008 event on Governors Island. Streetfilms contributor Nick Whitaker was there. Partnering with Governors Island, the producers of FIGMENT hope to increase the enjoyment of art by placing it in an under-utilized public space just minutes from downtown. FIGMENT is free […]

Free Bike Share Debuts on Governors Island

By Brad Aaron | | 14 Comments
Last Friday marked the first free bike share day on Governors Island, and Streetfilms’ Elizabeth Press was on hand: Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation (GIPEC), Transportation Alternatives and Bike and Roll have joined forces to create what they are calling New York City’s first sustained bike share program. Every Friday between June 6th and […]

City’s First Bike Share Planned for Governors Island

By Brad Aaron | | 8 Comments
It ain’t the Velib, but yesterday it was announced that Dutch team West 8 would design a 40-acre park for Governors Island, which will include a fleet of 3,000 wooden bicycles free for use by island visitors. The Times reports: The design, commissioned by the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation, calls for transforming much […]

Go to Car-Free Governors Island

By Jason Varone | | 1 Comment
Go to Governor’s Island! A StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson Jr. and Trorb Productions Running Time: 4 minutes 18 seconds Governors Island is a car-free, New York City paradise and now it’s open to the public on weekends from June thru Sept 2nd. Find all the details on the Governors Island Alliance website. To get there, […]

Fantasy Island

By Jason Varone | | 6 Comments
Three thousand free wooden bikes would allow for rapid circumnavigation on looping, leafy paths. New York Magazine features five finalists in a competition to turn Governors Island into an urban paradise: A large team (composed of landscape architects West 8 and Quennell Rothschild & Partners, architects Rogers Marvel and Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and planners […]