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Governors Island

American  

noun

  1. an island in New York Bay at the S end of the East River: U.S. military post. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).


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She spent time with Bettina, warming her to the idea of a shared show at Governors Island, and the resulting exhibition became Bettina’s first public showing of her art in some 40 years.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024

Thomas Bolyn Smothers III was born Feb. 2, 1937, on Governors Island, New York, where his father, a Navy major, was stationed.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2023

William was taken to Governors Island in New York Harbor to see the efforts of the Billion Oyster Project.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023

A new art installation that visitors can walk through on New York's Governors Island features giant chain links grinding overhead, pointing to the legacy of slavery in the United States.

From Reuters • Oct. 23, 2022

General Waterbury, U.S.A., commanding the Department of the East, with headquarters at Governors Island, was one of them.

From Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero by Smith, Francis Hopkinson