Architect Nicholas Quennell talks about the early development of Roosevelt Island as a residential community including his role designing Capobianco Field

and Lighthouse Park.

Mr Quennell was also the architect for the East River 60th Street Pavilion that is often mistaken for a roller coaster, the East River Roundabout , beneath the Roosevelt Island Tram.

More on landscape architect Nicholas Quennell from The Cultural Landscape Foundation.