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Inside Governors Island

This intriguing little island in New York Harbour has always held something of a fascination for me — viz. articles previous on the subject. Aside from its interesting history there is the matter of the complete lack of foresight in ending its military use as well as the failure to imagine a future use suitable to its history and, if the word is not hyperbole, majesty.

Gothamist recently featured a new peek inside some of the abandoned buildings on Governors Island, a mere selection of which are reproduced here.

What is surprising on some level is how high the quality of so much of the government-built architecture is on this island. Most of it dates from the 1890s-1940s which were the island’s heyday. The Governors Island Trust is seeking proposals from businesses and other entities interested in using the buildings.

Published at 7:30 pm on Monday 17 September 2018. Categories: Architecture Governors Island History Military New York Tags: , , .
Comments

Those buildings stand a mute witness to a civilisation which sought and found respect and is now gone beyond any hope of recovery.

— LGClark 17 Sep 2018 9:59 pm

And who is the Franz Ferdinand look-alike?

— LGClark 17 Sep 2018 10:01 pm

General Henry Clark Corbin, sometime Adjutant General of the United States Army.

He looks less FF-like in the photo on which that relief was based:

— Andrew Cusack 24 Sep 2018 12:47 pm

Less a FF, but even more a gentleman.

Another striking proof of the decline of, well, everything.

— LGClark 24 Sep 2018 10:15 pm
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