Mobile Park Planning Workshops Rain or Shine
Sep 25, 2008 10:19 pm
[caption id=“attachment_594” align=“aligncenter” width=“300” caption=“Artist Ian Berry re-imagines our gantry as a workshop after a recent visit to Governors Island. After visiting the South Island site of the future park, particpants of this weekend’s workshops will have a chance to re-imagine the space where broken and non-historic warehouses now sit empty. Sadly, our gantries will not be not part of the new park plan. ”]
[/caption] Governors Island is still lovely in the rain! The Governors Island Mobile Park Planning Workshops scheduled for this weekend (Sept. 27 and Sept. 28) will be held rain or shine. In the event of rain, we will not lead a tour on bikes, however the tram will still run and there is space on the tram for those who signed up for the bike tour. If you have not signed up to participate, you have until 12 noon tomorrow. Act now! If you can’t come out this weekend to a workshop, there will be many other ways to particpate. Have you taken our survey yet? This weekend’s workshops include a bike or tram tour of the site of the future park and promenade, currently off limits to the general public, and a facilitated conversation with the design team about your feedback and impressions. The workshops will be offered at 10:15 AM, 12:45 PM and 3:15 PM on both days and will end in time for participants to take the 12:30 PM, 3:30 PM or 5:30 PM ferries, respectively. Workshops begin in front of Building 110 on Governors Island. The entire workshop, including the tour, will last two hours. Attendance is limited. Members of the public who wish to participate in the workshop must make reservations in advance by emailing ecavanagh (at) empire.state.ny.us.