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.