Some Scenes From June 4 Roosevelt Island FDR Four Freedoms Park Summer Sunset Fundraiser

As previously reported, the FDR Four Freedoms Park Conservancy (FDR) held a Summer Sunset Fundraising event

Image Of June 4 FDR Summer Sunset Fundraising Party

on June 4 with tickets ranging from $250 to $10 thousand. Here's some of what happened.

The FDR Chairman William vanden Heuvel

 Image Of William vanden Heuvel Atop Newly FDR Park Inscribed Granite Steps

delivered these remarks under a tent placed between the granite steps and the Renwick Ruins Smallpox Hospital.



Following Mr. vanden Heuvel's remarks, I took a walk around the park to the tunes of Blue Moon



and New York New York.



The lawn could be a great place for picnics, future concerts and other events open to the public. Of course, still to be decided is who controls the area, the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) or the FDR Park.