1964 World's Fair
Mar 7, 2022 10:26:01 #
Mar 7, 2022 10:37:12 #
Some have. Most have been torn down. Those that remain include the Unisphere, Hall of Science (now a museum), the NY Pavilion (in the pix), and a building at the far western end of the fair that was used in both the 1930's and 1960's fairs. It houses what claims 1) to be the most realistic diorama of NYC in the world 2) that includes every building in NYC at the time it was made. Its a must see.
Mar 7, 2022 10:46:45 #
mr spock wrote:
Does anyone remember the Belgian Waffle exhibit? I worked the Fair as a security guard in the afternoons after classes at St. John's University
Got into everything for free!
Got into everything for free!
I remember it well, one of the best foods there. I also went to St Johns, had a part time job at the fair helping people find their parked car! The parking lots were huge and many could not find their car at the end of the day. I remember one woman with 6 kids who described her car as a brown Ford sedan. we drove all over for almost an hour when she screamed there it is! It turned out to be a Chevy green station wagon with a canoe tied to the roof!!!
Mar 7, 2022 10:55:44 #
StanMac wrote:
Have the structures been left to rust away to ruin?
Stan
Stan
Not exactly. The Fair was held in Flushing Meadows Corona park in Queens. The park is also the site of the US Tennis center where the US Open is held.
They seem to have enough funds to keep the structures in reasonably good shape. I don't get there very often.
Mar 7, 2022 10:57:43 #
mr spock wrote:
It was held in Queens NY and many remnants still exist
The best that Shea Stadium ever looked.
Mar 7, 2022 11:14:12 #
Mar 7, 2022 11:14:58 #
mr spock wrote:
It was held in Queens NY and many remnants still exist
Nice shots! Grew up in Queens. Was in the Navy in 1964, going to ET school in Great Lakes. I would hitchhike home on weekends to take my girlfriend to the fair.
Growing up I would go to the roller rink which was still there from the 1939 Worlds Fair. Fun time.
Mar 7, 2022 11:26:29 #
Wow...talk about memories. I was on the interior design team of Sikorsky's Helleoport at the fair and went into the military shortly after.
Mar 7, 2022 11:50:47 #
For several times in the summer, I took a short bus ride from NJ to the Port Authority Building and then got a subway to the fair. What a delight for a 14 year old. Took along an Kodak 35 camera with no meter and guess focus. Funny how the $5 I had to spend at the fair seemed to evaporate.
One time a went with a Bell & Howell 8mm camera and some Dynachrome (cheap) film.
I have an indoor shot of the pavilion of GM (?) with a huge diorama of a massive machine working it's way through the Amazon rain-forest, chewing up everything it it's path, adding chemicals and laying down a 4 lane highway made from the mix from the back. That was PROGRESS in 1964!!
One time a went with a Bell & Howell 8mm camera and some Dynachrome (cheap) film.
I have an indoor shot of the pavilion of GM (?) with a huge diorama of a massive machine working it's way through the Amazon rain-forest, chewing up everything it it's path, adding chemicals and laying down a 4 lane highway made from the mix from the back. That was PROGRESS in 1964!!
Mar 7, 2022 12:24:07 #
I was there also. I remember a phone company exhibit (think it was AT&T but not sure), where they allowed people to call long-distance for free to relatives in far away places, like Europe. Lines for that exhibit were long.
If you remember in the days before cell phones, local telephone service was a fixed price. But for long-distance, you paid dearly for the distance and the time on the line.
If you remember in the days before cell phones, local telephone service was a fixed price. But for long-distance, you paid dearly for the distance and the time on the line.
Mar 7, 2022 12:55:17 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
mr spock wrote:
It was held in Queens NY and many remnants still exist
Neat shots. I though those circular structures were gone after the Men in Black stopped the bug
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Mar 7, 2022 13:57:46 #
Mar 7, 2022 14:40:09 #
I remember the NY State Pavillion very well. I built part of it. I still have the hammer. In the main building, the floor is a mosaic of a Texaco map ot the State of NY. It had been forgotten and neglected. IT was in terrible condition. There was a restoration began about 5 years ago. I would love to see if it has been restored. These are terrific images. Thanks for the very pleasant memories
Mar 7, 2022 17:59:26 #
Mar 7, 2022 18:26:54 #
nimbushopper wrote:
I remember it well, one of the best foods there. I also went to St Johns, had a part time job at the fair helping people find their parked car! The parking lots were huge and many could not find their car at the end of the day. I remember one woman with 6 kids who described her car as a brown Ford sedan. we drove all over for almost an hour when she screamed there it is! It turned out to be a Chevy green station wagon with a canoe tied to the roof!!!
I was 16 when my family visited. I remember there being video phone booths...who could you call?
A few years later I entered Villanova, my brother went to St. John's, my father and a brother went to UCONN and a sister-in-law went to Providence. So come Big East basketball season there was a lot of inter-family smack talk.
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