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The Unisphere, New York State Pavilion, Shea Stadium and other World’s Fair-era icons have been reimagined in Legos as part of a new exhibit at Queens Theatre.
Above is a picture of the observation towers at the New York State pavilion of the 1964-65 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, Queens. A flickr member scanned the picture, and many others, after he ...
The world came to Flushing Meadows Corona Park in 1939-40 and 1964-65 for the World's Fair. Most of the fair structures were meant to be temporary and torn down at the close of each event, but ...
When old World’s Fairs sit around the porch at the Old World’s Fair Home, talking about their glory days, the 1964-65 New York Fair has always felt a little defensive.
Conceived as tribute to progress, peace, and prosperity, the 1964-65 World’s Fair in Queens, New York, proved to be a defining moment in pop culture, inspiring a generation with its gleaming ...
Take a trip through time and visit the sites of the last great World’s Fair held at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York. The Ford Mustang, space travel, computers, and color TV were ...
On this date in 1965, New York City's third World's Fair came to an end, ultimately welcoming over 51 million visitors. While that sounds like a lot, it was well short of the organizers' original ...
A recent competition invited the public to re-imagine the New York State Pavilion, designed by architect Philip Johnson for the 1964-65 World’s Fair. Concepts for the ruin range from a refugee ...
June 25, 1964 1964 Universal Newsreel Atomsville U.S.A.. This 1964 Universal newsreel shows a visit to a children’s exhibit at the New York World’s Fair in which kids learn abou… ...
The verse plays during the attraction's closing scene and adds a heartfelt new message to the globally recognized song: ...