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This Week­end: FIG­MENT Fes­ti­val and Where to See Build­ing 877 Come Down

Jun 5, 2013 8:08 pm

Come Out For Fig­ment Weekend!

FIG­MENT is back! Come out to the Island this Sat­ur­day and Sun­day for artist designed minia­ture golf, the Tree House, the City of Dreams Pavil­ion and all of the incred­i­ble per­for­mances, music and art of FIG­MENT. FIG­MENT takes place all week­end, on both Sat­ur­day and Sunday. 

Where Will You Watch Build­ing 877 Implode?

This Sun­day, The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island will implode Build­ing 877, the Island’s largest non-his­toric build­ing and you have many options to see it live!

The build­ing will be implod­ed at pre­cise­ly 7:36 AM and will open up extra­or­di­nary views of the Stat­ue of Lib­er­ty and make space for 30 glo­ri­ous acres of new park and pub­lic spaces.

Gov­er­nors Island will be closed to the pub­lic dur­ing the implo­sion, but you can still watch the action in per­son. To see the build­ing come down, head to the Bat­tery or Lib­er­ty State Park, or bet­ter yet, take a ride on the 7:30 AM Stat­en Island Fer­ry from low­er Man­hat­tan. Bar­ring any changes in sched­ule, those trav­el­ling on the fer­ry will get a great view of the event. For those of you who pre­fer to watch the excite­ment in your paja­mas, we will be livestream­ing this major milestone.

The Trust wants to see what the pub­lic sees from its van­tage point and invites every­one to fol­low the event on Twit­ter (@gov_island) and post pic­tures on Face­book (Gov­er­nors Island), Flickr (Gov­er­nors Island group) and Insta­gram (@governorsisland). Share your pictures!

Gov­er­nors Island will open as it nor­mal­ly does on Sun­day morn­ings at 10 AM.