Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park is a four-acre (1.6 ha) memorial to Franklin D. Roosevelt that celebrates the Four Freedoms he articulated in his 1941 State of the Union address. It is located in New York City at the southernmost point of Roosevelt Island, in the East River between Manhattan Island and Queens. It was originally designed by the architect Louis Kahn in 1974, but funds were only secured for groundbreaking in 2010 and completion in 2012.
| Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park | |
|---|---|
View from the park toward Lower Manhattan | |
| Type | State park |
| Location | Roosevelt Island, Manhattan, NY |
| Coordinates | 40°44′59″N 73°57′41″W |
| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Created | October 17, 2012 |
| Owned by | New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |
| Operated by | Four Freedoms Park Conservancy |
| Visitors | 176,372 (in 2021) |
| Status | Open all year |
| Website | https://fdrfourfreedomspark.org/ |
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