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other interesting proposals/facts for/about governors island
calatravas gondolas http://www.archpaper.com/news/02_16_06_gongov.html
fosters theatre for the round fort at the northwest corner of the island http://www.fosterandpartners.com/News/174/Default.aspx
The city and state of New York bought the island in 2002 from the U.S. government for $1. Until 2000, it had been the longest continuously used U.S. military facility, dating back more than 200 years.
Since the handover, the city and state have shared maintenance costs of about $12 million a year, and each government has invested about $30 million in capital expenses to maintain and improve the island's roads and infrastructure, Bloomberg said.
The island, most recently a U.S. Coast Guard base, lies about 800 yards off the southern tip of Manhattan and contains more than 200 buildings, acres of open space, centuries-old trees, piers and ball fields.
http://archinect.com/news/article.php?id=P33628_0_24_0_C
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