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Art proposals sought for NY's Governors Island
July 14, 2008
NEW YORK - Officials are asking for proposals for art studios, exhibition space and a temporary entertainment and dining tent at Governors Island off lower Manhattan.
Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation President Leslie Koch says the requests for proposals should focus on "the role the island can play in the culture of New York City." The proposals would cover five years, starting in 2009.
The island is located half a mile off the tip of lower Manhattan.
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Governors Island Invites Entertainment Proposals
By JACQUES STEINBERG; Compiled by JULIE BLOOM
July 14, 2008
The Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation on Monday will invite proposals for an entertainment and dining operation and for art studios and exhibition space on the island, just off the tip of Manhattan.
The entertainment and dining element is to be in a temporary structure like a large tent, the corporation said, in a parking lot near the Governors Island ferry landing. The performance space is expected to seat 500 to 800. The artists’ studio and exhibition program will be placed in Building 110, an 1870 structure near the ferry landing. The program will not allow any residential use.
The proposals would cover five years, starting in 2009, though renewals are possible. Leslie Koch, president of the corporation, said these submissions, called requests for proposals, reflect a focus on the arts, “the role the island can play in the culture of New York City.”