A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
For over two hundred years, Governors Island, located off the southern tip of Manhattan was home to a military community and played an active role in the defense and development of the New York Harbor area. Now, in the twenty-first century, as both a unit of the Natinoal Park Service and a city-owned space for public enjoyment, Governors Island takes on a new role in the continuing evolution of the New York metro region, Governors Island National Monument, an approximately 22-acre space focused around the late-eighteenth and nineteenth-century fortifications Fort Jay and Castle Williams and their associated landscapes, partners with the city-owned Trust for Governors Island to serve as stewards of the island as it enters a dramatically new phase in its development.
For over two hundred years, Governors Island, located off the southern tip of Manhattan was home to a military community and played an active role in the defense and development of the New York Harbor area. Now, in the twenty-first century, as both a unit of the Natinoal Park Service and a city-owned space for public enjoyment, Governors Island takes on a new role in the continuing evolution of the New York metro region, Governors Island National Monument, an approximately 22-acre space focused around the late-eighteenth and nineteenth-century fortifications Fort Jay and Castle Williams and their associated landscapes, partners with the city-owned Trust for Governors Island to serve as stewards of the island as it enters a dramatically new phase in its development.
Cultural Landscape Report for Governors Island National Monument New York, New York, Volume 1
L. Nowak (author)
2010
240 pages
Report
No indication
English
Governors Island - New York City: From military island to civilian destination
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