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Due to a planned New York Harbor closure and planned street closures in Lower Manhattan, Governors Island will close at 3PM on Friday, July 4, 2025. More info.

Due to a planned New York Harbor closure and planned street closures in Lower Manhattan, Governors Island will close at 3PM on Friday, July 4, 2025. More info.

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New Book Explores the His­to­ry of Gov­er­nors Island

Mar 2, 2009 5:23 pm
51hjo-57hfl__sl160_aa115_1Fri­day’s Man­hat­tan User’s Guide high­light­ed GIPEC board mem­ber Ann But­ten­wieser’s new book Gov­er­nors Island: Jew­el of New York Har­bor. The book traces Gov­er­nors Island’s his­to­ry as a US Army and Coast Guard base, and how the Island’s his­to­ry reflects that of New York City and the coun­try. With sto­ries about every­thing from expe­ri­ences of pris­on­ers in Cas­tle Williams to what it was like to watch a polo match here with the stun­ning back­drop of the New York sky­line, read­ers will have a won­der­ful feel for what it was like to live and work on Gov­er­nors Island over the past two centuries.
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