{"id":1091,"date":"2014-08-10T12:26:37","date_gmt":"2014-08-10T16:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=1091"},"modified":"2014-08-10T12:29:52","modified_gmt":"2014-08-10T16:29:52","slug":"views-of-lower-manhattan-from-governors-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=1091","title":{"rendered":"Views of Lower Manhattan from Governors Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1092\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philvelez.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Governors_Island4.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1092\" class=\"wp-image-1092\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philvelez.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Governors_Island4-300x225.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"View of Lower Manhattan from Governors Island. \" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philvelez.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Governors_Island4.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philvelez.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Governors_Island4.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philvelez.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Governors_Island4.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philvelez.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Governors_Island4.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of Lower Manhattan from Governors Island.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yesterday I spent the day on <a title=\"Governors Island\" href=\"http:\/\/www.govisland.com\/html\/home\/home.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Governors Island<\/a> and took the following incredible shots of Lower Manhattan. As a native New Yorker, I have to say this trip provided me with the most spectacular views of Lower Manhattan I&#8217;ve ever seen. The ferry cost was only $2 round-trip. That is an amazingly low price for the ability to capture these magnificent scenic views.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1102\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philvelez.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Governors_Island3.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1102\" class=\"wp-image-1102\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philvelez.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Governors_Island3-300x225.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"View of Lower Manhattan from Governors Island, take 2. \" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philvelez.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Governors_Island3.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philvelez.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Governors_Island3.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philvelez.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Governors_Island3.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philvelez.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Governors_Island3.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of Lower Manhattan from Governors Island, take 2.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Once on <a title=\"Governors Island - Wikipedia Page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.govisland.com\/html\/home\/home.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Governors Island<\/a> you can learn about its history, gaze at its historic structures, rent a bicycle to take a ride around the island, enjoy an array of delicious items served from food trucks, and spend the afternoon relaxing at a quaint beer garden. If you have not visited Governors Island yet, I recommend you get out there before the summer is over and enjoy the phenomenal panoramic views of Lower Manhattan.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1103\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philvelez.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Governors_Island5.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1103\" class=\"wp-image-1103\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philvelez.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Governors_Island5-300x225.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"View of Lower Manhattan from Governors Island, take 3. \" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philvelez.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Governors_Island5.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philvelez.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Governors_Island5.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philvelez.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Governors_Island5.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philvelez.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Governors_Island5.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of Lower Manhattan from Governors Island, take 3.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(These photos were taken with my iPhone. 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As a native New Yorker, I have to say this trip provided me with the most spectacular views of Lower Manhattan I&#8217;ve ever &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=1091\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-york"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Views of Lower Manhattan from Governors Island - V&eacute;lez&#039;s View<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/philvelez.com\/blog\/?p=1091\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Views of Lower Manhattan from Governors Island - V&eacute;lez&#039;s View\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yesterday I spent the day on Governors Island and took the following incredible shots of Lower Manhattan. 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