I’ve had a couple great trips out to Governors Island with friends and family this summer and hope to go a few more times before the season ends. I fished with my daughter off the eastern shore, listened to poetry and music produced by Patti Smith and her daughter, and really inspected Fort Jay closely for the first time. I haven’t biked out there this year but hope to. I wouldn’t mind seeing Lupe Fiasco’s beach show, either, but damn — for $40?
In case you missed it, The New Yorker had a big old piece on the Island by Nick Paumgarten. There’s video from one of the magazine’s blogs, too:
Earlier this summer I noticed that real progress is being made on the Harbor School’s new home in an old, historic Coast Guard hospital. The LA Times had a sprawling piece on the school — a NYC public high school rooted in studying the city’s waterways — a couple weeks back. It’s well worth a read.
hey professors! this is unrelated to this specific post, but I wanted to make sure you both know about the Angels in America revival planned for NYC! how exciting!
http://gothamist.com/2009/09/02/angels_in_america_in_nyc_again.php
I still miss your class and hope you’re both doing well!
–Diana Rosenthal
Thanks, Diana! We miss you too. And you don’t know how happy you made me with that link re: Angels! Great news!