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Four Freedoms Park Conservancy is a non-profit organization that programs Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park on Roosevelt Island.

Four Freedoms Park Conservancy, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in June 2011. Today, the Conservancy programs Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park on Roosevelt Island, on behalf of the people of New York, and in partnership with the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.More About The Park

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Aug 1

PUBLIC ART IN NYC: Ellsworth Kelly, who would have

PUBLIC ART IN NYC: Ellsworth Kelly, who would have turned 100 this year, is widely regarded as one of the most significant painters, sculptors, draftsmen, and printmakers of the twentieth century. This series of slender-yet-towering forms began by the artist in the early 1970s, whose precise, almost classical contours take inspiration from ancient Greek figural sculpture and are mounted throughout Lever House’s newly restored indoor and outdoor spaces. This monumental body of work has seldom been the sole subject of a New York exhibition—the last major show of Kelly sculpture was staged at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1982. Lever House is located at 390 Park Avenue at 54th Street in Manhattan.

#ellsworthkelly #ellsworthkelly100 #sculpture #publicart #newyorkcity #publicsculpture

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Jul 29

On this day in 1940, the British passenger liner S

On this day in 1940, the British passenger liner SS Britannic docked in New York Harbor carrying a special cargo, 272 children evacuated from war-torn Great Britain. "Bundles for Britain" included hand-knitted garments and other materials for shipment to the British Isles. These gifts Americans sent to besieged Britons and the cherished children they in turn entrusted to American shores helped weave the two peoples together in what British prime minister Winston Churchill would later call the “special relationship.”

Photo: Child evacuees from wartime Britain wave at the Statue of Liberty a

#OnThisDay #OnThisDate #bundlesforbritain #TodayInHistory

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Jul 25

Visitors enjoy the sun, shade, water, and trees at

Visitors enjoy the sun, shade, water, and trees at the Park with the great lawn and bridge in the background. What's your favorite element of FDR Four Freedoms Park?

#newyorkcity #greenspace #FDR

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Jul 18

“I am complimented by the honor you have done me

“I am complimented by the honor you have done me.” - FDR

On this day in 1940 in Chicago, delegates to the Democratic National Convention nominated Franklin D. Roosevelt to an unprecedented third presidential term.

In his acceptance address, delivered after midnight, Roosevelt said, “It is with a very full heart that I speak tonight. I must confess that I do so with mixed feelings — because I find myself, as almost everyone does sooner or later in his lifetime, in a conflict between deep personal desire for retirement on the one hand, and that quiet, invisible thing called ‘conscience’ on the other.”

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Jul 15

Weather permitting, our Pop Up Library will be ope

Weather permitting, our Pop Up Library will be open today and tomorrow from 11AM to 4PM. Today, along with books from @rooseveltislandlibrary all weekend, we celebrate #CityofWaterDay to champion a climate-resilient New York harbor and offer community members opportunities for fun, education, and access to their local waterfront.

#newyorkcity #rooseveltisland #libraryfun #librarylove

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Jul 14

On this day in 1944, just over two years after the

On this day in 1944, just over two years after the Germans conquered Paris, President Roosevelt marks the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille by sending this message to the French nation: “On this anniversary, which has so deep a significance to every lover of democracy, I express the hope that the people of France may soon again enjoy the blessings of liberty, equality and fraternity."

Photo: A big military parade is held in Paris on July 14, 1939, the 150th anniversary of the fall of the Bastille during the French Revolution.

#OnThisDay #OnThisDate #bastilleday #FDR

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Jul 12

Louis Kahn and Jonas Salk with the model of the Ci

Louis Kahn and Jonas Salk with the model of the City Tower at Cornell University, 1958.

#architecturelovers #architects #louıskahn #JonasSalk #cornelluniversity

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Jul 11

On this day in 1936, FDR dedicated the Triborough

On this day in 1936, FDR dedicated the Triborough Bridge (now renamed the RFK Bridge).

"I am grateful to you, the workers, from the members of the Commission itself and the engineers, all the way down the ladder— I am grateful to you workers, skilled and unskilled, here at the site and those workers in the mills and shops many miles distant, without whose strong arms, willing hands and clear heads there would be no celebration here today. May the Triborough Bridge, in the years to come, justify our efforts and our hopes by serving truly the city, the State, and the Nation!"

Photo: A motorcade led by President Franklin D. Roosevelt opens the Harlem River lift span. Courtesy of New Deal Network

#triboroughbridge #rfkbridge #rfkbridgenyc #OnThisDay #OnThisDate #FDR

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Jul 8

This week in FDR history: President Roosevelt bec

This week in FDR history: President Roosevelt became the first president to travel to South America while in office, traveling aboard the U.S.S. Houston and passing through the Panama Canal.

Photo: A smiling FDR sits in a car with the U.S.S. Houston in the background.

#FDR #panama #history

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Jul 6

On this day in 1961, Louis Kahn's single-building

On this day in 1961, Louis Kahn's single-building exhibition, “Richards Memorial Research Laboratories”, opens at the Museum of Modern Art. Kahn made his first donation of drawings and models to MoMA’s Architecture and Design Collection following the exhibition.

Photo: Kahn at the opening of the exhibition on his Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Building in 1961.

Credit: Richard Saul Wurman Collection, The Architectural Archives, University of Pennsylvania

#OnThisDay #OnThisDate #louıskahn #architecture #moma #design

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Jul 5

The Park is in full summer regalia and is open dai

The Park is in full summer regalia and is open daily from 9am to 7pm, closed Tuesdays. Enjoy the sun, shade, water, and sky in this architectural treasure and Presidential memorial in the heart of New York City.

#nyc #newyorkcity #rooseveltisland #louıskahn #FDR #architecturelovers

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Jul 4

"In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed;

"In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved." - Franklin Roosevelt

Photo: view of the Macy's 4th of July Fireworks from the Room.

#4thofJuly #fireworks #nyc

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