Google Maps Street View Virtual Tour Of Roosevelt Island FDR Four Freedoms Park

According to the FDR Four Freedoms Park:

... we celebrate the third anniversary of the opening of the Park with some exciting news: Four Freedoms Park can now be explored from the comfort of your home on Google Maps Street View!

This exciting news is the culmination of an 8-month process to create a virtual tour of the memorial. The Park applied to be part of Street View in February, and in August, a Google Trekker Operator visited the Park to capture thousands of panoramic images.

Shooting on foot and from the stern of Captain Tony DiLernia's Rocket Charter boat, the Trekker wore a large 50 lbs backpack fitted with a special camera rig consisting of 15 cameras. Incredibly, the cameras are able to capture a frame every two seconds! During his two-day visit to the Park, the Trekker was tasked with photographing the Park as a visitor might experience it, so that every detail, from cobblestone to tree to engraving can be viewed from all angles...

Announcing Four Freedoms Park on @googlemaps! https://t.co/s8FHjsCJgp #happyanniversarytous

— Four Freedoms Park (@4FreedomsPark) October 24, 2015

2nd Anniversary Of Roosevelt Island FDR Four Freedoms Park, A Look Back At Dedication Ceremony And Upcoming Free Tours And Hot Apple Cider - KHHAAAAAANNNNNN

 Image From Curbed

The FDR Four Freedoms Park tweets:

It's our anniversary week & we want to celebrate! We're offering free tours, cider & more! Learn more here http://t.co/J3tTS7OKQh
— Four Freedoms Park (@4FreedomsPark) October 17, 2014

adding:

In celebration of the 2nd anniversary of the dedication ceremony and public opening of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, we’re offering extra tours all week! Join us on the following days for FREE guided tours to learn more about the history of the Roosevelt era and the Four Freedoms, architect Louis Kahn’s design principles and philosophies, the story behind the building of the memorial, and the history of Roosevelt Island.

Saturday October 18, Sunday October 19, and Saturday October 25 at 11am, 1pm, and 3pm
Monday October 20, Wednesday October 22, Thursday October 23, and Friday October 24 at 1pm and 3pm

Tour groups meet at the Four Freedoms Park entrance gate. Tours are approximately thirty minutes long and take place weather permitting.**

Additionally, we’re giving away a FREE cup of hot apple cider and a FDR Four Freedoms Park Dedication book to the first 50 people who wish us “Happy Anniversary” on Saturday October 18, on Sunday October 19, and on Saturday October 25. Simply visit our welcome area on these days and mention our anniversary promotion to receive your gift!...

Here's scenes from the 2012 dedication ceremony with President Bill Clinton, Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and a few Roosevelt Island residents.

All I have left to say is, KHAAAAANNNNNN:



and Happy Birthday FDR Memorial

Free Family Art And Design Workshop At FDR Four Freedoms Park Sunday Afternoon October 20 - Next 3 Sundays Too

Image From FDR Four Freedoms Park

The FDR Four Freedoms Park sends the following invitation to the Roosevelt Island community to attend:

... a new series of FREE family art and design workshops starting this Sunday, October 20th from 1:00- 3:00pm at FDR Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island.

Working with teaching artist and design educator Ann deVere, participants will make their own sketchbooks, prints, posters and models inspired by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms, and learn about the unique concepts and history behind the park's design while experiencing the poetic beauty of American architect Louis Kahn’s only built environment in New York City.

The workshops will all take place at FDR Four Freedoms Park (1 FDR Four Freedoms Park, Roosevelt Island, NY 10044), rain or shine. All ages welcome. Groups are limited to a maximum of 25-30 participants.

Workshop outline:

Sunday, October 20th 2013, 1-3pm

FDR Four Freedoms Park Family Sketching Workshop and Tour

Participants will create sketchbooks reflecting on the park’s history and design.

Sunday, October 27th 2013, 1-3pm

FDR Four Freedoms Park Family Printmaking Workshop

Participants will make prints capturing what the four freedoms mean then and today.

Sunday, November 3rd 2013, 1-3pm

FDR Four Freedoms Park Family Design Workshop

Participants will design posters exploring FDR’s vision for essential human rights.

Sunday, November 10th 2013, 1-3pm

FDR Four Freedoms Park Family Design/Build Workshop

Participants will build models of a room for the future inspired by Louis Kahn’s design.

Roosevelt Island FDR Four Freedoms Park 4th Of July Weekend Celebration Welcomes 100 Thousandth Visitor Saturday July 6 - Tell Mayoral Candidate/ NY City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Assembly Member Micah Kellner What You Think Of So Called Park

The FDR Four Freedoms Park Conservancy (FDR Park) invites the Roosevelt Island community to celebrate the 4th Of July Weekend

Image From FDR Park

and to welcome its 100 thousandth visitor. According to the FDR Park:

Join us at the Park to celebrate the 4th of July weekend and to welcome our 100,000th Park visitor!

Event details:

Where: Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park
Date: Saturday, July 6, 2013
Time: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

A Dixieland jazz band will perform. Complimentary refreshments and American flags will be provided.

Tomorrow must be a very special day. Normally, refreshments, other than water, are not allowed into the FDR Park.

NY City Council Speaker/Mayoral Candidate Christine Quinn and Assembly Member/NYC Council Candidate Micah Kellner are scheduled to visit the FDR Park for the event tomorrow. Go tell Ms. Quinn and Mr. Kellner what you think of this so-called Park.

Here's a time lapse video of the FDR Park's construction.

Discuss Roosevelt Island FDR Four Freedoms Park Tomorrow On WNYC's Brian Lehrer Radio Show - Tell Them What You Think Of It

Anybody from Roosevelt Island want to tell WNYC's Brian Lehrer radio show what you think of the FDR Four Freedoms Park? The subject will be discussed tomorrow morning.

Anyone visited Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island? Discussing it tomorrow. Here's Orson Welles to get you ready bit.ly/12bL3Kw
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) May 15, 2013

You can call in tomorrow 10 AM at 212-433-WNYC (9692) or contact via Facebook

I walked around the so-called park on May 10. Join me.



Art critic Thomas B. Hess was right when he described the Louis Kahn/FDR Memorial design as:

... the sort of political edifice that the Italian fascists loved and Speer perfected for the glory of the Third Reich... The site itself is treated heartlessly. What was a modest, picturesquely rugged shoreline has been disciplined to straight lines and symetrical angles that have no significance beyond the alarming one of man's ability to impose a meaningless geometry on nature. The ultimate irony is that Roosevelt, who fought totalitarians to the death, is commemorated in the harsh style propogated by the dictators.

 Here were  some questions asked by me and others during February 27 public meeting with the FDR Conservancy.



Video of full meeting at this previous post.

There are some who like the FDR Four Freedoms Park.

Roosevelt Island Louis Kahn Four Freedoms Park Town Hall Meeting and Q & A Tonight 6:30 PM At Good Shepherd Community Center - Extremely Short Notice, No Publicity And Don't Bring Any Refreshments

At 4:02 PM today, a little less than 3 hours before a so-called Town Hall Meeting on the so-called Louis Kahn (FDR) Four Freedoms Park, the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) sends out an advisory informing the public about the meeting.

Here's the reminder from RIOC:

As a reminder, you are invited to attend the Four Freedoms Park Conservancy Town Hall meeting Today, 6:30 PM at the Good Shepherd Community Center. There will be a presentation discussing Four Freedoms Park. Immediately following will be a Q&A session with representatives of the conservancy.

Sincerely,

Roosevelt Island Operating Corp Advisories Group

The advisory is referred to as a "reminder" although I did not receive any notice of this meeting before now. Apparently, there was an advertisement in the Main Street WIRE several weeks ago announcing this meeting but nothing else that I saw.

Do they really expect or want people to come out and discuss this issue? If yes, why such short notice and hardly any publicity?

A warning. Based upon my experience trying to get into the park last December, don't bring any refreshments to the meeting.

No freedom to walk into Roosevelt Island 4 Freedoms Park w/ hot chocolate 2day workers incart would not let me in twitter.com/Rooseveltislan…
— Roosevelt Islander (@Rooseveltisland) December 29, 2012

Gotta let it out.



UPDATE 11 PM - Here's what happened at the Town Hall Meeting. Conservancy President Sally Minard hosted the meeting with other members of her staff. About15 Roosevelt Island residents attended the meeting.

Part 1.



and Part 2.