The long-awaited Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island in New York City was dedicated this morning—nearly 40 years after it was designed by architect Louis I. Kahn.
With an autumnal snap in the air and a brilliant blue sky as a backdrop, the audience enjoyed the event full of pomp and circumstance and presided over by master of ceremonies Tom Brokaw. In attendance were scores of dignitaries and representatives on the national, state, and city levels, as well as members of the Roosevelt family, including grandchildren and great grandchildren of Eleanor Roosevelt. Also present were the children of Louis Kahn: Sue Ann Kahn, Alexandra Tyng, and Nathaniel Kahn—creator of the award-winning documentary, My Architect.
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