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Great First Week­end on Gov­er­nors Island

May 30, 2014 10:10 pm
Thank you to the 28K vis­i­tors who came out to the open­ing week­end on Gov­er­nors Island! [cap­tion id=“attachment_7630” align=“aligncenter” width=“468”]The very first visitor in the new park was a little girl on a blue bike. Image courtesy of the Trust. The very first vis­i­tor in the new park was a lit­tle girl on a blue bike. Image cour­tesy of The Trust.[/caption] Rain clouds gath­ered Sat­ur­day, but the incred­i­ble weath­er on Sun­day and Mon­day more than made up for it. Vis­i­tors enjoyed the new 30 acres of park for the first time and found many places to relax in Ham­mock Grove. [cap­tion id=“attachment_7631” align=“aligncenter” width=“468”]Laying in a hammock is one of the great pleasures of life. Image courtesy of West8. Lay­ing in a ham­mock is one of the great plea­sures of life. Image cour­tesy of West8.[/caption] Here are some of the high­lights from the week­end! Fam­i­ly Festival [cap­tion id=“attachment_7632” align=“aligncenter” width=“468”]The Governors Island Alliance's Family Festival was action packed with crafts and bouncy castles. Image courtesy of the Trust. The Gov­er­nors Island Alliance’s Fam­i­ly Fes­ti­val was action packed with crafts and boun­cy cas­tles. Image cour­tesy of The Trust.[/caption] Bike Rentals [cap­tion id=“attachment_7640” align=“aligncenter” width=“468”]Blazing Saddles rented lots and lots of bikes! Last weekend Surreys were very popular.  Remember, you can rent a bike for free during Free Bike Mornings, 10AM - noon, Monday-Friday. Image courtesy of The Trust. Blaz­ing Sad­dles rent­ed lots of bikes! Last week­end sur­reys were par­tic­u­lar pop­u­lar. Remem­ber, you can rent a bike for free dur­ing Free Bike Morn­ings, 10AM — noon, Mon­day-Fri­day. Image cour­tesy of The Trust.[/caption]  Food Vendors [cap­tion id=“attachment_7641” align=“aligncenter” width=“468”]Visitors last weekend had their pick of delicious food. So many people were looking for ice cream that Mister Softee ran out of ice cream Sunday afternoon. Don’t worry, the trust was restocked quickly. Read about the food options for this weekend here.  Image courtesy of the Trust. Vis­i­tors last week­end had their pick of deli­cious food. This delec­table Hot Dog is cour­tesy of Lit­tle Eva’s. Learn about this week­end’s food options here. Image cour­tesy of the Trust.[/caption] This week­end there is more great events and activ­i­ties on Gov­er­nors Island. On Sat­ur­day, Dawn of Midi will be per­form­ing in Colonels Row as the first per­for­mance of the Rite of Sum­mer Music Fes­ti­val. The rest of the pro­grams can be seen here.
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