August 12, 2003
View from Governors Island
This is the view from Governors Island, NYC buildings in the background and greenery in the foreground.
photographer Shadae
Governer’s Island by Jennifer Suggs
Governor’s Island is a small island just south of Manhattan Island in New York City. The Girls Club is in Manhattan one of five boroughs or sections of New York City. The other sections are the Bronx, Staten Island, Queens, and Brooklyn. Most of the girls live in Manhattan, but some girls live in the Bronx.
To get to Governors Island, which has just recently been opened to the public,
we took the trains downtown, and then a ferry to the island. The ferry trip was short and upon arriving on the island we promptly started our tour. The 2 hour tour was directed by park rangers. The tour of the island took us through a history from the 16’s to the present. Historical Governors lived there in there colonial days. In the Revolutionary War it served as important military fort, which it remained until the 1940’s when the Coast Guard took it over. The Coast Guard left the island to the city in 1997. We saw two forts, all of the officer’s housing, churches, offices, etc. It was interesting to see the transition in the architecture. It was a beautiful day, and the island was so peaceful, you felt far away from NYC. We got lots of great pictures, and caught the 3pm ferry back across the Hudson to go home.
I enjoyed viewing the photo taken from Governor's Island. I was stationed on the island for a year while in the Coast Guard, and another year while aboard the Cutter Spencer. It truly was a peaceful and extremely scenic place to live.
The Protestant chuch on the island is amazing.
The golf course and baseball fields were cool too.