Category Archives: Roosevelt Island

Roosevelt Island

A Groundbreaking 36 Years in the Making

Posted on July 22, 2010 by archipae

On March 17, 1974, the architect Louis I. Kahn died of a heart attack as he was walking through Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan. He was 73. In his briefcase were the final drawings, which he had just completed, for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial to be built on the southern tip of Roosevelt Island.
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Shoring Up a Landmark Ruin on Roosevelt Island

Posted on July 22, 2010 by archipae

When we last left the haunting Gothic ruin of the old Smallpox Hospital on Roosevelt Island, it was more ruined than ever. Continue reading →

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Kahn’s Franklin D. Roosevelt Monument

Posted on July 22, 2010 by archipae

By JULIE V. IOVINE, January 9, 2005 An Elegy for a Memorial, and for the Man Who Designed It A model and a sketch by Kahn of the proposed memorial on Roosevelt Island. Open to the sea and sky, the … Continue reading →

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