Kribensis on Nostr: (1/3) Governors Island: a 170-acre island park in New York Harbor. Just 800 yards ...

(1/3) Governors Island: a 170-acre island park in New York Harbor. Just 800 yards from Manhattan, it holds a Revolutionary War-era fort that fired on British ships. A military base until the 1990s, then sold to the public for $1 in 2003. Giuliani wanted to build a casino, but we dodged that bullet. This is the rare public space the city got right.

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