Posts Tagged “Governor’s Island”

Abandoned cars sit half-buried next to a gas station in the village of "Goverthing."

Goverthing purported to be an abandoned civilian town on the former military base that was under archaeological excavation; in fact, it was in fact an elaborate art exhibit. More information can be found on the blog of the “archaeologists,” or in the NYTimes article “Uncovering a Small Town (and Some Tall Tales),” published September 18. [...]

A child waits to run around inside an inflatable plastic ball at the New Island Festival on Governors Island

The Governor's Island waterfall

This photo was taken from the Governor’s Island Ferry. More and more people have been exploring the picturesque island, a former Coast Guard base, which some are calling “one of the best-kept secrets of New York.”