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The Queens Museum is located in the New York City Pavilion at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, [4] designed by architect Aymar Embury II for the 1939 World's Fair. [4] [5] The fair was first announced in 1935, [6] and engineering consultant J. Franklin Bell drew up preliminary plans for the fairground the next year, including a structure for the New York City government. [7]
The then-newly-built Unisphere during the 1964–1965 World's Fair. The globe became the icon of the 1964 World's Fair. [8] [10] [31] A special commemorative stamp issue was issued starting in April 1964, depicting fair attractions such as the Unisphere. [32] The globe was also depicted on media and souvenirs promoting the fair. [33]
The 1939 New York World's Fair (also known as the 1939–1940 New York World's Fair) was an international exposition at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. The fair included exhibitions, activities, performances, films, art, and food presented by 62 nations, 35 U.S. states and territories, and 1,400 ...
The Panorama was built by a team of 100 people working for Lester Associates in West Nyack, New York in the three years before the opening of the 1964 World's Fair. [3] Commissioned by World's Fair Corporation president Robert Moses as a celebration of the City's municipal infrastructure, this 9,335-square-foot (867.2 m 2) model includes every ...
Only five remain today: an imitation of Salvador Dali’s “Venus,” the World’s Fair Fountain, the Hall of Science and Elsie the Cow, the real-life mascot for Borden Daily who visited the ...
A fountain at the World's Fair, with the Trylon and Perisphere in the background. The 1939 New York World's Fair took place at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York, United States, during 1939 and 1940. The fair included pavilions with exhibits by 62 nations, 34 U.S. states and territories, and over 1,300 corporations. The exhibits ...
World’s Fair visitors walk around the Unisphere as the Swiss Sky Ride cars are in the background 112 off the ground on April 25, 1964, in Queens, N.Y. Credit - John Curran—Newsday via Getty Images
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park was created as the site of the 1939 New York World's Fair and also hosted the 1964 New York World's Fair. Following the 1964 fair, the park fell into disrepair, although some improvements have taken place since the 1990s and 2000s. Flushing Meadows–Corona Park retains much of the layout from the 1939 World's Fair.