{"id":36,"date":"2006-08-01T16:10:35","date_gmt":"2006-08-01T23:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nerdylorrin.net\/anneb\/?p=36"},"modified":"2006-08-01T16:11:53","modified_gmt":"2006-08-01T23:11:53","slug":"governors-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nerdylorrin.net\/anneb\/?p=36","title":{"rendered":"Governor&#8217;s Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"458\" height=\"198\" id=\"image34\" alt=\"Arriving via Ferry\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nerdylorrin.net\/anneb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/Governor.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Governor&#8217;s Island is an old military base on an island nestled near Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Statue of Liberty.  To get there you take a free 10-minute ferry ride from the southern tip of Manhattan.  Some of the island has been turned into a national park because of its historical status, but over half will be developed with a possible convention center, resorts, and golf course.  Thankfully, no permanent housing will be allowed.  One proposal has two small bridges (trams?) connecting the island to Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>It was interesting to explore another part of New York, but it was a hot and humid day.  For me, the highlight of Governor&#8217;s Island was the fantastic view of Manhattan.  It really is a prime piece of real estate!<\/p>\n<p><img id=\"image35\" alt=\"View of Manhattan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nerdylorrin.net\/anneb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/08\/IMG_0819.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor&#8217;s Island is an old military base on an island nestled near Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Statue of Liberty. To get there you take a free 10-minute ferry ride from the southern tip of Manhattan. Some of the island has been turned into a national park because of its historical status, but over half will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdylorrin.net\/anneb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdylorrin.net\/anneb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdylorrin.net\/anneb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdylorrin.net\/anneb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdylorrin.net\/anneb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdylorrin.net\/anneb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdylorrin.net\/anneb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdylorrin.net\/anneb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nerdylorrin.net\/anneb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}