Justin Davidson on the Redesigned Governors Island
Jul 9, 2012 5:49 pm
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Hammock Grove is a shady, ten acre space that will feature more than 1,500 new trees. It will open in 2013 (rendering by the West 8 Team).[/caption] Justin Davidson, of New York magazine, gives his thoughts about the first phase of Governors Island’s Park and Public Space Plan. The first phase focuses on 30 new acres and adds visitor amenities throughout the Historic District. The spaces are currently under construction and open in 2013. From the article: West 8 packs a lot into 30 acres. Cutting through the center is a varied topography of amusement. Manicured flower beds segue into miniature woodlands and sudden panoramas. A later phase, provided it gets funded, will refurbish the two-mile promenade that encircles the island and add a cresting wave of earth called the Hills. I hope this bit of virtuoso terraforming eventually happens, but even without it, the new Governors Island will be stunning place, a maritime park unlike any other in the city, crouched low to the water yet close to the open sky.”Read the whole article.