It was set to be a whole day of peace, love and rock ‘n’ r...Well not exactly, but Governors Island was hosting its first festival of the summer, Governors Ball.The ferries were on the starting blocks,...
Off the southern tip of Manhattan, but closer to Brooklyn than Jersey (unlike poseurs Liberty & Ellis Islands...), Governors Island has struggled to raise its profile since the Coast Guard base there was closed in 1996 (hey, Smothers Brothers...