NYC Park To Be Transformed Into The City's Largest Pride Flag

Let the WorldPride 2019 festivities continue on with a rainbow flag makeover!

As per an announcement from the folks at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, the steps of the venue have been transformed into a gigantic pride flag. Made of rainbow vinyl, the flag measures 12-by-100 feet, making it the largest LGBTQ+ flag in the Big Apple. To commemorate the new art exhibit, the park will host a free World Pride celebration on Saturday (June 15) from 12 PM to 6 PM with food trucks for a special picnic on the lawn, VideoOut, an online library that catalogs coming out stories, and a Drag Queen Story Hour at 12:30 PM and 2:00 PM. "From Friday, June 14 to Sunday, June 30, the Park’s monumental staircase will transform into a massive pride flag, sponsored by Bloomberg, to celebrate the progress that’s been made over the past 50 years, and to shine a light on the LGBTQ community’s continued fight for the universal human rights articulated in President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms Speech: freedom of speech & expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear," the website description reads.

"The stairs are just an extension of those freedoms," Stephanie Tumbaga, a park spokeswoman, told CNN. "We are champions of human rights and LGBTQIA+ rights are included in that."Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park will be transformed from gray granite into the city's largest pride flag.

World Pride 2019 is in full effect and iHeartPride is celebrating the monumental June celebration with all kinds of coverage. iHeartRadio, Z100 New York and 103.5 KTU are Presenting Media Sponsors for NYC Pride and we’re taking the milestone to heart with LGBTQ-focused coverage on everything from entertainment, politics and details on the summer festivities. After all, it does coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. Stay tuned for more on World Pride 2019 and keep an eye out for our float in the Big Apple’s all accumulating parade on June 30!

Photo: Paul Warchol, Four Freedoms Park Conservancy


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