July 30, 2004
Governor's Island open until September
After two hundred years as a military installation, Governor's Island is finally open for public tours. Used in the Revolutionary War, the Civil War even as the host for a historic 1988 Reagan/Gorbachev summit. (Timeline link.) Located half a mile from the southern tip of Manhattan, the island can be reached via a $5 ferry ride. The tour is free but ferry tickets must be purchased at the South Street Seaport Museum. There are tour options Tuesday through Saturday only. The tours started in June and stop in September. The future use of this current ghost town is still undecided.
July 30, 2004 12:26 PM in Cheap Stuff, Downtown, History, Out of Manhattan, Sightsology, Tours
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