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Pre­view the New Gov­er­nors Island Park!

Sep 19, 2013 7:44 pm
[cap­tion id=“attachment_7305” align=“aligncenter” width=“300”]See the hedge maze under construction, newly planted trees and paths as a part of Park Preview weekend! See the hedge maze under con­struc­tion, new­ly plant­ed trees, and asphalt paths and so much more as a part of Park Pre­view weekend![/caption] You are invit­ed to pre­view the new Gov­er­nors Island Park on Sep­tem­ber 28 and 29! Vis­i­tors can walk on their own or take a guid­ed tour to see the trans­for­ma­tion of acres of land­fill into an incred­i­ble park. The con­struc­tion site will be open for one week­end only. Lead­ing civic orga­ni­za­tions includ­ing Com­mu­ni­ty Board 1 in Man­hat­tan, Com­mu­ni­ty Board 2 in Brook­lyn, the Gov­er­nors Island Alliance, Trans­porta­tion Alter­na­tives, the Met­ro­pol­i­tan Water­front Alliance, New York­ers for Parks, the Alliance for Down­town New York and the Amer­i­can Soci­ety for Land­scape Archi­tects’ New York Chap­ter join The Trust in cel­e­brat­ing Park Pre­view week­end. The park con­struc­tion site will be open from 12 PM to 6 PM both days. Vis­i­tors to the con­struc­tion site will see the hedge maze in Liggett Ter­race tak­ing shape, walk on new­ly laid asphalt paths, sit on curb and seat edges, see new trees that have been plant­ed and head to the high­est point in Ham­mock Grove to expe­ri­ence a breath­tak­ing view of the Stat­ue of Lib­er­ty and Har­bor. In the dis­tance, the Play Lawn and ball fields are tak­ing shape and the Hills are begin­ning to rise. Made of recy­cled con­struc­tion and fill mate­ri­als, The Hills will even­tu­al­ly rise 25 to 80 feet above the Island, and the sum­mit of the tallest Hill will pro­vide vis­i­tors with a 360-degree panora­ma of Stat­en Island, Low­er Man­hat­tan and Brook­lyn. Vis­i­tors can enter the park con­struc­tion site at the Liggett Hall Arch. The site will be open from Noon to 6 PM on Sep­tem­ber 28 and 29. Guid­ed tours will leave from the Arch as well at 1:30 and 3:30 PM on Sat­ur­day and Sun­day. Reg­is­tra­tion in advance is not required. More infor­ma­tion about guid­ed tours are as fol­lows: Sat­ur­day 9⁄28, 1:30 – 2:15pm Super­storm Sandy Suc­cess Sto­ries: Design­ing a Resilient Park  Led by The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island Sat­ur­day 9⁄28, 3:30 – 4:15pm Park Hor­ti­cul­ture Led by Annette Wilkus, Site­works Sun­day 9⁄29,1:30 – 2:15pm Park Hor­ti­cul­ture Led by Will Hart, Math­ews Nielsen Land­scape Archi­tects Sun­day, 9⁄29, 3:30 – 4:15pm Super­storm Sandy Suc­cess Sto­ries: Design­ing a Resilient Park  Led by Jamie Maslyn, West 8 We also invite you to post pic­tures of your vis­it to the site on Twit­ter (@gov_island) Face­book (Gov­er­nors Island), Flickr (Gov­er­nor­sIs­land­group) and Insta­gram (@governorsisland). Gov­er­nors Island clos­es to the pub­lic at 7 PM on Sun­day, Sep­tem­ber 29. Don’t miss this chance to see the park in progress for yourself!
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