Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms State Park

In 1973, the Estonian-born/Philadelphia-raised architect Louis Kahn was commissioned to design a park and monument to honor the life and work of Franklin D. Roosevelt, specifically the renowned Four Freedoms speech he gave in response to the war in 1941 and a true declaration of democracy. The different elevations created with angular concrete and stairs let visitors view Roosevelt Island from different vantage points and see the NYC skyline hugging the East River.