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1964 World’s Fair

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Reviving a Rusted Relic of the World’s Fair in Queens

Avatar photo by Allison Meier August 17, 2016November 13, 2017

The New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is currently vacant, a lock on its gate allowing only a glimpse of the decayed interior of Philip Johnson’s futuristic “Tent of Tomorrow,” designed for the 1964 World’s Fair.

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What Should We Do with New York’s Most Neglected World’s Fair Relic?

Avatar photo by Allison Meier June 15, 2016June 16, 2016

What will become of the derelict New York State Pavilion, a rusted Space Age relic of the 1964 World’s Fair?

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Mold-A-Rama: An Affordable Art Machine That’s Survived Half a Century

Avatar photo by Allison Meier December 30, 2015September 8, 2021

OKLAHOMA CITY — In zoos, museums, and other attractions around the United States, visitors can still get a retro souvenir for just a couple of bucks.

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New York City’s Oldest Public Art Is Pompeii Ancient

Avatar photo by Allison Meier July 29, 2015August 3, 2015

New York City has public art that’s older than the city itself.

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New York’s Cathedral of Science Reopens with Interactive Ecology Beneath the Stars

Avatar photo by Allison Meier July 13, 2015July 13, 2015

The Great Hall at the New York Hall of Science in Queens was designed to give visitors to the 1964 World’s Fair the feeling of floating in deep space.

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Sharing Amateur Photographers’ Shots from the New York World’s Fairs

Avatar photo by Allison Meier February 3, 2015February 4, 2015

With the ostentatious pavilions gleaming during the day, and the fountains and futuristic statuary illuminated at night, the World’s Fairs in New York were a photographer’s dream.

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Revisiting a Midcentury Map Marvel of NYC’s Water System

Avatar photo by Allison Meier January 26, 2015February 19, 2015

For infrastructure started in the 19th century, the New York City water system is remarkably equipped to support the metropolis of the 21st century.

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Philip Johnson’s Pro-Nazi Sympathies Detailed in FBI File

by Mostafa Heddaya April 22, 2014April 25, 2014

Philip Johnson’s grandiose pavilion for the 1964 World’s Fair wasn’t the only skeleton exhumed from his past today. The first public viewing of the pavilion in 27 years was followed by the release online of the renowned architect’s FBI file by the Paleofuture blog.

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