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Tour of FDR Four Freedoms Park
November 5, 10 am
Roosevelt Island

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In the late 1960s, during a period of national urban renewal, New York City Mayor John Lindsay proposed to reinvent Roosevelt Island (then called Welfare Island) into a vibrant, residential community. The New York Times championed renaming the island for President Franklin D. Roosevelt and constructing a memorial to him. The man chosen to give shape to this idea was the architect Louis I. Kahn, one of the masters of 20th century architecture.

Governor Nelson Rockefeller and Mayor Lindsay announced the project in 1973 and the appointment of Louis Kahn as its architect. In short order, the Governor became Vice President of the United States, Louis Kahn finished his work and died unexpectedly, and the City of New York approached bankruptcy. It required patience, memory and determination – and 32 years before the Roosevelt Institute resurrected the partnership with the City and State and undertook to raise the funds and construct the Four Freedoms Park. On March 29, 2010, construction of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park began. *


Join us as Gina Pollara executive director of the Four Freedoms Park leads us on a site visit of park as it is nears completion.


Email Matt Malina mm1566@nyu.edu to reserve a ticket. Priority is given to educators, green professionals and students. This event is free but there is a suggested $20 donation to the park as they are still raising money for construction. Participants will have to sign a waiver..

* Source: Four Freedoms Park
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    • Community Vision >
      • Ridgewood Reservoir Historic Register
      • Ridgewood Reservoir meeting minutes 2017
      • RR DEC Wetlands Delineation
    • Ridgewood Reservoir Fauna >
      • RR Birds
      • RR Mammals
      • RR Reptiles
      • RR Insects
      • RR Arachnids
    • Ridgewood Reservoir Flora >
      • RR Flowering Plants (Forbs)
      • RR Grasses and Sedges
      • RR Ferns and Mosses
      • RR Trees and Shrubs
      • RR Vines
      • RR Fungi
  • Press
  • Past Events
    • 2019 >
      • 2019 Spring Summary
      • 2019 Fall and Year End Summary
    • 2018 >
      • 2018 fall & year end summary
      • 2018 Spring Summary
      • Challenge Grant 2018
    • 2017 >
      • 2017 Fall & Year End Summary
      • 2017 Spring Summary
      • Challenge Grant 2017
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      • Fall 2016 Summary
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