Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Roosevelt Island 2011 Outdoor Summer Movie Schedule At Firefighters Field - Southpoint Park Outdoor Movie Site Is Missed, Here's The Latest On Site's Wild Gardens Park and Kahn/FDR Mausoleum Construction Projects

Image of Roosevelt Island Outdoor Movie at Firefighters Field From JoAnna Lopez

Received the following listings from the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) announcing the schedule and films selected to be shown this summer at the Roosevelt Island Outdoor Movie Series shown at Firefighters Field.
6/25/11 - Iron Man 2 (Rain Date: 7/3/11)
7/9/11 - The Goonies (Rain Date: 7/17/11)
7/23/11 - Star Trek (Rain Date: 7/31/11)
8/6/11 - Up (Rain Date: 8/14/11)
8/20/11 - Tron (Rain Date: 8/28/11)
9/3/11 - The Incredibles (Rain Date: 9/4/11)
The Firefighters Field location is a nice venue for outdoor movies and certainly convenient to get to but the Southpoint Park location where Roosevelt Island movies were originally shown was a fantastic site for watching outdoor movies and enjoying the NYC skyline and waterfront views.

Image of New York City and East River Waterfront View during prior Southpoint Park Movie Night from Fresh Air Flicks

Southpoint Park is currently closed while the Wild Gardens/Green Room section of the Park on the north end and the Kahn/FDR Memorial Boondoggle on the south end are being built.

 Image of Southpoint Park From Improv Everywhere

Wild Gardens/Green Rooms is scheduled to open this summer in July and Kahn/FDR in a couple of years.

Here's the recent state of construction for the Death Box/Mausoleum portion of the Kahn/FDR Memorial at the southern tip of Southpoint Park which blocks and destroys this previous great panoramic NYC skyline and waterfront view from Southpoint Park.

Image of Kahn Death Box Room from FDR Four Freedoms Park

More pictures of the Kahn/FDR Memorial Boondoggle construction here and here as well as this image of what the area used to look like before construction on this waste of tens of millions of taxpayers dollars (and some private donations) began.

Southern Tip of Roosevelt Island Southpoint Park in 2008 from Walking off the Big Apple