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Please be advised: Slide Hill is temporarily closed for planned maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Please be advised: Slide Hill is temporarily closed for planned maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.

A Few Things We Loved About 2008

There was a lot to love about 2008 on Gov­er­nors Island. Bike and Roll opened a bike rental kiosk and Trans­porta­tion Alter­na­tives spon­sored Free Bike Fri­days; we had more great art, enter­tain­ment, sci­ence and recre­ation­al pro­grams; we read a lot of nice things about Gov­er­nors Island in the papers; we released Requests for Pro­pos­als for a new art stu­dio pro­gram and a food/​entertainment venue; and we start­ed tear­ing down build­ings and plan­ning a new park and Great Prom­e­nade. There were more firsts and favorites than fit in a top-10 list, so we put togeth­er a gallery of a few of the great things that hap­pened on Gov­er­nors Island in 2008. The best thing about 2008, of course, was that a record num­ber of peo­ple came to Gov­er­nors Island from all over and had a great time. Have a hap­py and safe New Year! [gallery]