New York Times news report on the designation of national monuments on the island, including a brief recent history of plans for the island. Free registration required.

Information, map, photographs, and a development proposal, from the Regional Plan Association.

Online reunion, memoirs, and photos for this former U.S. Army base.

Learn about a movement to secure the future of the island as a recreational and cultural destination for New Yorkers and visitors. Includes information on People's Flotilla for Governors Island in New York Harbor on June 2, 2002.

Personal and historical narrative from the wife of a Coast Guardsman who was stationed at Governors Island.

Exhibit notes and winners from the 1996 Van Alen Fellowship in Public Architecture, where entries were proposals for the future of the island.

Proposals and discussion.