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The Week in Hammocks

Aug 23, 2010 8:27 pm
[cap­tion id=“attachment_3731” align=“aligncenter” width=“468” caption=“Boston’s pub­lic ham­mock to pop­u­la­tion ratio is now 1:622,000. (Pho­to John Tlumacki/​Boston Globe)”][/​caption] An email from a col­legue alert­ed us to a bit of break­ing ham­mock news out of Boston. Just last week, the Rose Fitzger­ald Kennedy Green­way installed a GIANT 33-foot com­mu­nal ham­mock . It looks fan­tas­tic, and we love the idea of hav­ing one big com­mu­nal ham­mock for every­one to share. Designed by Han­sy Bet­ter Bar­raza, the ham­mock was fund­ed by the Awe­some Foun­da­tion, and con­struct­ed with the help of vol­un­teers. That’s our kind of ham­mock. Since we intro­duced dozens of mov­able ham­mocks at Pic­nic Point last year, they have become a sig­na­ture expe­ri­ence of Gov­er­nors Island. Thou­sands of vis­i­tors have rest­ed, rocked and played in our pub­lic ham­mocks in view of the Stat­ue of Lib­er­ty. And the Gov­er­nors Island Park and Pub­lic Space Mas­ter Plan will ensure that future vis­i­tors will find ham­mocks too. The plan includes an area called Ham­mock Grove, which will be shady and botan­i­cal­ly rich and fea­ture … yep, pub­lic hammocks.
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