For Governors Island, a Small Town Shows the Way
The Record, Bergen County, NJ (March 08, 2006)
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THE CITY AND STATE of New York do not have a clue what to do with Governors Island. They seem about to botch what could be a terrific recreation and historic-preservation opportunity, one that would benefit the whole metropolitan area.
Instead, they have endorsed an outlandish scheme for travel to the island by gondolas, shuttling high in the air from the southern tip of Manhattan to the island and on to Brooklyn.For Governors Island, a Small Town Shows the Way
The designer, Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, envisions an enormous cat's cradle of thick steel cables strung from very tall masts, with the gondolas suspended from the rig on giant pulleys.
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