In 1959, the recently established Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission launched a competition for the design of a memorial to commemorate the former president. From a field of nearly 600 ...

When the great architect Louis I. Kahn died at 73, in 1974, he had just finished the design for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, planned for the southern tip of Roosevelt Island, ...

Q: I have a portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt that is signed ... Please send no more than three photos.

The NY Waterway Franklin Delano Roosevelt ferry partnered with Big City Tourism that will be in service for commuting and harbor tours.Get Photo Kelly Curtin, center, Executive Vice President of ...

Challenges Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in the aftermath of the worldwide financial crisis triggered in part by the Wall Street Crash of 1929. The Great Depression soon achieved a depth ...

At the southernmost point of Roosevelt Island, in the heart of New York City’s East River, stands a monumental bronze bust of Franklin D. Roosevelt ... commissioned to design a memorial to ...

April 12, 2025, marks 80 years since former President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death at the Little ... He later became the 32nd President of the USA. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) "I ...

In 1959, the recently established Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission launched a competition for the design of a memorial to commemorate the former president. From a field of nearly 600 ...