Southpoint Park 4th Of July Extravaganza - The Best Place to See Fireworks and It's On Roosevelt Island
You Tube Video of 2007 Southpoint Park Fireworks Celebration
For those not able to get to Southpoint Park for viewing the Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Extravaganza the above video will take you there, at least virtually and for a few minutes. The event is now sold out.
More information here.
On a quick walk down memory lane, I find it amazing to recall that one year ago tomorrow, the 2007 July 4 Roosevelt Island Fireworks display was the first post on this blog and raised the issue of why it cost $18 to view the fireworks in a public venue. Apparently the City of New York does not consider Southpoint Park or Roosevelt Island to be a public venue but private property:
Pedestrians will not be allowed on the Queensboro Bridge, and Roosevelt Island is not suggested as a viewing area as it is private property.Also, the Southpoint Park Fireworks event now costs $20 but residents get a discount of $18. That's called progress on Roosevelt Island.
For those attending the Southpoint Park Fireworks show, please take a moment and consider that these wonderful views of the East River and New York City Skyline are in danger of being forever ruined by what many residents refer to as the Louis Kahn Death Box (that is being disguised by proponents incorrectly as a memorial to FDR). Many residents including myself are hoping for a real waterfront park that incorporates the wonderful views not destroys it. That would be real Roosevelt Island progress!!!!
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Macy's web site and newspaper ad also say Roosevelt Island is private property, and have said so for many years. I guess if someone has the power to charge $20 it must be private property. Considering it is sold out, and many other people come to stand along the shoreline for free, it doesn't seem to keep people away.
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