Editing Roosevelt Island (section)

=== Parks ===
[[File:FDR Four Freedoms Park.jpg|thumb|Four Freedoms Park at the southern end of Roosevelt Island]]
When Roosevelt Island was redeveloped in the 1970s, about a quarter of the land area was set aside for parks.<ref name="Claiborne 1975" />  The island has four primary parks: Lighthouse, Octagon, Southpoint, and Four Freedoms parks.<ref name="Laterman 2015" /> At the northern tip of Roosevelt Island is Lighthouse Park, named after the Blackwell Island Light.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rioc.ny.gov/344/BBQ-in-Lighthouse-Park |title=BBQ in Lighthouse Park {{!}} Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation of the State of New York |website=rioc.ny.gov |access-date=July 15, 2019}}</ref> Octagon Park, a {{convert|15|acre|adj=on}} green space, contains a prow-shaped performance stage facing the East River's west channel;<ref>{{cite web |date=March 5, 2000 |title=F.Y.I. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/05/nyregion/fyi-069752.html |access-date=March 25, 2024 |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> it was originally planned as an ecological park with bedrock outcrops.<ref name="Barlow p. 125">{{harvnb|Barlow|1971|ps=.|page=125}}</ref> Near the south end of the island is Southpoint Park, a {{convert|7|acre|adj=on|spell=in||abbr=}} green space containing the Strecker Lab and Smallpox Hospital buildings.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rioc.ny.gov/350/Experience-Southpoint-Park |title=Experience Southpoint Park {{!}} Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation of the State of New York |website=rioc.ny.gov |access-date=July 15, 2019}}</ref> The {{convert|4|acre|adj=on|spell=in}} [[Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park]], a [[New York State Park]],<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.rockinst.org/nys_statistics/2014/2014_Yearbook_Section_O.pdf |title=2014 New York State Statistical Yearbook |publisher=The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government |year=2014 |page=672 |chapter=Section O: Environmental Conservation and Recreation, Table O-9 |access-date=June 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916082616/http://www.rockinst.org/nys_statistics/2014/2014_Yearbook_Section_O.pdf |archive-date=September 16, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> opened in 2012 at the southern end of the island.<ref name="Foderaro 2012">{{cite news |last=Foderaro |first=Lisa W. |date=October 17, 2012 |title=Dedicating Park to Roosevelt and His View of Freedom |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/18/nyregion/roosevelt-four-freedoms-park-is-dedicated.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510175055/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/18/nyregion/roosevelt-four-freedoms-park-is-dedicated.html |archive-date=May 10, 2020 |access-date=November 14, 2012 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |last=Broome |first=Beth |date=October 17, 2012 |title=A Memorial to FDR, a Tribute to Louis Kahn |url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/2698-a-memorial-to-fdr-a-tribute-to-louis-kahn |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=Architectural Record |postscript=none}}; {{cite news |last=Ilnytzy |first=Ula |date=October 17, 2012 |title=Decades late, FDR memorial park dedicated in NYC |url=https://news.yahoo.com/decades-fdr-memorial-park-dedicated-nyc-150400725.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510135216/https://news.yahoo.com/decades-fdr-memorial-park-dedicated-nyc-150400725.html |archive-date=May 10, 2020 |access-date=May 24, 2018 |work=Yahoo! News |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref name="Tyrnauer 2012" /> Four Freedoms Park was designed by [[Louis Kahn]] in 1974<ref name="Goldberger 1974" /> and consists of two rows of trees converging toward a granite "room" at the island's southern tip.<ref name="Goldberger 1974">{{cite web |last=Goldberger |first=Paul |title=Design by Kahn Picked for Roosevelt Memorial Here |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=April 25, 1974 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/25/archives/design-by-kahn-picked-for-roosevelt-memorial-here-design-by-louis.html |access-date=March 20, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Tyrnauer 2012">{{cite magazine |first1=Matt |last1=Tyrnauer |first2=Raymond |last2=Meier |title=Architecture: The Stunning Louis I. Kahn Design of the Long-Awaited F.D.R. Memorial |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=October 19, 2012 |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/11/architecture-fdr-memorial-louis-i-kahn |access-date=March 20, 2024}}</ref>

There is a smaller park located around the Blackwell House.<ref name="Specter 1982" />  The southern tip of Roosevelt Island was formerly occupied by the [[Delacorte Fountain]],<ref name="The New York Times 1969">{{Cite news |date=November 28, 1969 |title=Welfare Island to Get a 'Geyser'; Fountain, Delayed by Health Hazard, to Spout Monday |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/11/28/archives/welfare-island-to-get-a-geyser-fountain-delayed-by-health-hazard-to.html |access-date=March 18, 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |language=en-US }}</ref> which was donated by publisher [[George T. Delacorte Jr.]] in mid-1967<ref name="Hanson 1967" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 16, 1967 |title=Welfare Island to Get Fountain; Delacorte Will Build It and Pay for Its Upkeep |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/07/16/archives/welfare-island-to-get-fountain-delacorte-will-build-it-and-pay-for.html |access-date=March 18, 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |language=en-US }}</ref> and dedicated in 1969.<ref name="The New York Times 1969" /> The fountain sprayed water from the East River {{convert|400|to|600|ft}} into the air.<ref>{{cite web |title=Delacorte Fountain in Last Stage |website=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |date=January 3, 1969 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/01/03/archives/delacorte-fountain-in-last-stage.html |access-date=March 22, 2024}}</ref> A local group planted trees at the southern tip of the island in 1985, which quickly died due to blasts from the Delacorte Fountain;<ref>{{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Sam |date=September 28, 1987 |title=Metro Matters; Good Intentions On Quirky Geyser Go Slightly Awry |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/28/nyregion/metro-matters-good-intentions-on-quirky-geyser-go-slightly-awry.html |access-date=March 18, 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |language=en-US }}</ref> the fountain was turned off in the 1980s and subsequently taken apart.<ref name="Roosevelt Island Historical Society 2020" /> The entire island is circled by a publicly accessible waterfront promenade.<ref name="Specter 1982" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/data-maps/waterfront-access-map.page |title=Waterfront Access Map |website=www1.nyc.gov |access-date=July 5, 2019 }}</ref> Because of its greenery, Roosevelt Island received a [[Tree City USA]] designation for several years in the 1990s and 2000s.<ref name="Goldman 1998" /><ref name="Segall 2002" />