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Governors IslandLatest Stories

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Great Outdoors Please

Daily digest: Raúl Cordero’s Times Square oasis, Kengo Kuma to design auditorium for Portland Japanese Garden, and more

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On Island Time

Here are the four finalists vying to establish a climate solutions center on Governors Island

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M.A.G.I.C. Thinking

A M.A.G.I.C. lawsuit hopes to halt the Governors Island rezoning

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Happy Trails

Daily digest: MEGASOFT launches a database of Japanese buildings, Greyhound is acquired by a German transit startup, and more

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The Climes They Are A Changin’

Governors Island could get a massive climate solutions center following rezoning

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Small Island, Big Money

New York plans massive mixed-use development for Governors Island

Blue-sky Thinking

City of Dreams Pavilion brings artifacts of the agro-industrial age to New York City

Courtesy Austin+Mergold in collaboration with Maria Park, and consulting engineers Chris Earls (Cornell) and Scott Hughes (Silman)
An Eye for an Oculi

Winner of 2018 City of Dreams Pavilion Competition announced

City of Dreams

New aluminum casting technique creates Governors Island pavilion

AN Exclusive

OFFICE III designs new welcome center for Governors Island

Can You Dig It?

City of Dreams winner will turn 300,000 aluminum cans into Governors Island Pavilion

Under New Management

AN talks to Michael Samuelian, the next president and CEO of the Trust for Governors Island

(Courtesy Timothy Schenck)
Opens Today

AN tours the Hills on Governors Island with West 8’s Adriaan Geuze

The Hills Have Slides

West 8 and Mathews Nielsen’s The Hills at Governors Island set to open next Tuesday

Floating an Idea

Kickstarter campaign for a floating bridge from Brooklyn’s Red Hook to Governors Island

This pavilion made from thousands of old clothes hangers will cast fractal shadows on Governors Island this summer

Pictorial> The Hills come alive on Governors Island

Broken umbrellas and bicycle wheels get a second life in these two, completely recyclable pavilions on Governors Island

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