May 12, 2008

Governors Island to open early for OHNY tour night

Governors Island will open for the season on May 31, but if you prefer VIP to free, sign up for the May 20 tour offered as a fund-raiser for Open House New York.

The Tuesday evening tour -- from 5:15 to 7 p.m. -- comes with impressive tour guides: Governors Island Preservation & Education Corporation's president Leslie Koch and vice president for planning, design and preservation Betty Chen, plus members of the architecture and landscape team creating the designs to turn the former military base partly into a park.

Tickets are $50.

Image credit: Governors Island in 2006. Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.

Earlier: NY Philharmonic to play free July 5 Gov. Island concert
Governors Island to reopen May 31, with bike rentals

May 12, 2008 5:56 PM in Architecture, Downtown, Out of Manhattan, Sightsology, Tours

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