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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.

Con­tain Your­selves — NOW OPEN!

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Back in Jan­u­ary we bloggedabout con­tain­ers, designed by LOT-EK, that Gov­er­nors Island aquired through the gen­eros­i­ty of the Bohen Foun­da­tion. The con­tain­ers will be avail­able for use this week­end. So come out to pic­nic and check out these inno­v­a­tive spaces. They look right out onto the Stat­ue of Lib­er­ty. What bet­ter way can you think of to spend Inde­pen­dence Day than with free views of the Stat­ue pic­nick­ing in your very own indus­tri­al cabana,’ relax­ing on a ham­mock, sit­ting on an Adiron­dack chair, or just lay­ing out in the sun on the grass.

And while you’re out on Gov­er­nors Island, par­tic­i­pate in the Chil­dren’s Muse­um of the Arts Free Art Island Out­post” for artist lead work­shops in paint­ing, draw­ing, sculp­ture and much more. This week’s theme is Red, White and Blue!” For more fab­u­lous things to do on Gov­er­nors Island check out our list­ings.