Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Memorial on Roosevelt Island, NYC (for details see: Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park – Wikipedia). The trees in the second picture put out roots that go over the path’s border into the lawn to get water.
Roosevelt Memorial
For a long time we could see the island from our windows, until the 50 United Nations Plaza building got constructed, unfortunately!
What a shame you lost your view. My apartment is on the fourth floor of an old tenement in Greenwich Village. The stairs are a killer.