"Drawing inspiration from Roosevelt’s defense of the Four Freedoms—of speech and religion, and from want and fear—he designed an open 'room and a garden' at the bottom of the island. Trees on either side form a 'V' defining a green space, and leading to a two-walled stone room at the water’s edge that frames the United Nations and the rest of the skyline.
"Unfortunately, the project never got much further than that. The near-bankruptcy of New York in 1975 intervened, and the memorial was given up, until now."
In an editorial, The New York Times calls for greater support for the construction of a Franklin D. Roosevelt memorial on Roosevelt Island in New York City.
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