Kahn’s Memorial to FDR Finally Finds Home in East River

The four-acre Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park finally completes a memorial to the 32nd U.S. president -- almost four decades after architect Louis Kahn finished the designs.

The park brings fantastic life to the long-neglected site at the southern tip of Roosevelt Island, the narrow stretch of land in the East River that once housed lunatics and chronic-disease sufferers before luring others to chunky gray highrises with spectacular views.