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NY World's Fair '64 / '65
[b]"Peace Through Understanding" was the theme of the 64/65 NY World's Fair.
As any NY undertaking is the fair was embroiling in controversy from it's unsanctioned beginning to it's near bankruptcy end. Like its predecessor, the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair lost money. It was unable to repay its financial backers their investment and it became embroiled in legal disputes with its creditors until 1970, when the books were finally closed and the New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation was dissolved. Most of the pavilions constructed for the Fair were demolished within six months following the Fair's close. While only a handful of pavilions survived, some of them traveled great distances and found reuse following the Fair. But as a kid in '64 there was nothing better then hopping on the train to spend the day at the fair!! - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...20Fair/WF1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...20Fair/WF2.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...20Fair/WF3.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...20Fair/WF4.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...20Fair/WF5.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...20Fair/WF6.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...20Fair/WF7.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...20Fair/WF8.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...20Fair/WF9.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF10.jpg - |
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Great photos Dog!! Who took them? It is like they were taken by a pro to chronicle the event. Just SUPER! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif
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These were all taken by my Mom, or myself - the Fair ran for 6 months a year for 2 years -
I loved going there and riding in the cars in the Ford & GM exhibits. Amphicar had an exhibit and for a small cost they would drive you around and then drive down the dock into the lake in Flushing Meadow Park and run you around for a couple laps. Many a weekend was spent roaming the grounds! I have a bunch of shots I need to go through and scan. More to come! |
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AWESOME photos Dog!!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif
I LOVE the close-ups of the GIANT TIRE and the gondolas! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif I did not know what they looked like before. |
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I was there! I remember it. Shea Stadium opened also. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif
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I was there too. Brings back great memories. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/flag.gif
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Is any of it still standing ?
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Great photos! Thanks! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif
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Is any of it still standing ? [/ QUOTE ] Not after Men In Black blew the place up. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif I think the towers and the fountain from the movie are still there. |
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Is any of it still standing ? [/ QUOTE ] [b] The main attractions still standing are the Unisphere and the NY State Pavilion. - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...20Fair/WF2.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...20Fair/WF6.jpg - Unfortunately the NY Pavilion has deteriorated to ruin. - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...435/wfair8.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...435/wfair9.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...435/wfair3.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...435/wfair6.jpg - - Years ago there was talk of a proposed Air & Space Museum on the site of the pavilion but there was worry due to pile foundation deterioration. They were fearful of collapse if anything was done without major reconstruction. I haven't heard anything on this in years. The Space Park was badly deteriorated but some of the rockets were restored and put back on display a few years ago. I remember they used the park for overflow parking at Shea Stadium during the eighties. They would park you on the grass in-between the rockets. The Heliport has been used as a banquet / wedding facility for at least the last 30 years. The former NYC building still houses a fantastic model of the entire city of New York and is now also the home of the Queens Museum of Art. Most of what's left is just used as a park with the sidewalks serving as walking trails. The fountains at the Unisphere are only filled and flowing during the tennis US Open. |
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Thanks Dog for the really cool pics! It's almost like being there... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif
My, how times have changed... |
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The giant tire was brought to Detroit {minus the Ferris wheel} and now sits along I-94 just east of Metro Airport. It has been modified a few times over the years and now is a radial. Ron...
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The Unisphere (globe)was transported to NJ next to exit 8A of the turnpike. It's right next to Rossmore, which is a retirement village.
Verne https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif |
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+++ Glenn +++ Thansk for the Tour of 64/65,at the NY Fair by the way in the GM hall did they have a nice {{{ Corvair Display Show }}}?????.. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif....Kasey
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Unless they moved it since 11:30 this morning, its either a replica or not the unisphere, I work across the Hiway at Queens College and have a fine view of the fresh meadows ash pit all day long. and that was when checked on it last,
running comment here is when are the local hooligans gonna unbolt it and roll it down 495!! Its still here, along with the MIB plungers NY pavillion tavern on the park I think, the science pavilion ans aviary Shea gets torn down within a year I remember hanging out under the UNI before going down to Connecting Hiway in the 70's |
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The giant tire was brought to Detroit {minus the Ferris wheel} and now sits along I-94 just east of Metro Airport. It has been modified a few times over the years and now is a radial. Ron... [/ QUOTE ] Here's what it looks like today: https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/g...qt/bigtire.jpg From 1998-2003 it had an 11 foot BIG NAIL in it (to promote the Tiger Paw Nailgard tire). The nail was removed in 2003 and auctioned off on eBay. |
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Maybe we should take up a collection and buy Glenn a new scanner. He's gonna wear out the one he has! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif
I've said it before Dog; You're unbelievable! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/flag.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/flag.gif |
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It sat by Rossmore for so many years, I stopped noticing it. It probably got moved a long time ago.... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/blush.gif
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The Unisphere (globe)was transported to NJ next to exit 8A of the turnpike. It's right next to Rossmore, which is a retirement village. Verne https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif [/ QUOTE ] This is a joke...right? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/hmmm.gif I was down there 2 weeks ago and saw it on my way to JFK. By the way, I was at a wedding in the tower a few years ago. The view was spectacular! |
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It sat by Rossmore for so many years, I stopped noticing it. It probably got moved a long time ago.... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/blush.gif [/ QUOTE ] Verne - you've got to stop drinking that Jersey water! The Unisphere has never been moved. The Heliport - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF41.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF40.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF39.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF38.jpg - |
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[b]One of the most interesting exhibits to me was the "Panorama of the City of New York." The exhibit is housed in the New York City Building, a building originally built for the 1939 Worlds Fair. It was directly adjacent to the great icons of the '39 Fair, the Trylon and Perisphere.In the '64 Fair it was (and still is) adjacent to the Unisphere.
The building was renovated for the '64 Fair and housed the almost 10,000 square foot architectural model of the five boroughs of the city. The panorama was built by a team of 100 workers taking three years to complete. It has been updated since the end of the Fair and includes every building constructed before 1992. This is almost 900,000 buildings! To view the model you took a simulated nine minute helicopter ride around the City. Lighting would come on and off to highlight sections of the City as you passed by. It is still open today. - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...427435/pan.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...27435/pan4.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...27435/pan5.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...5/panorama.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...27435/pan1.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...27435/pan2.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...27435/pan3.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...27435/pan6.jpg - Take the Ride! |
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My son asked "who is the possessed baby with the eye make-up?" This must have been dress-down day for two of my sisters. I'll search for the one where they all have matching dresses. |
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Dad. Sure is weird seeing him look so much younger than me. |
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One of the most interesting exhibits to me was the "Panorama of the City of New York." [/ QUOTE ] Holy crap.....that display is nothing short of phenomenal https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif |
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It is astonishing how elaborate the corporate displays were. It is amazing how they would spend that kind of $$ for somthing lasting 2 years (and only open in the warm months)I can't believe that Chrysler Bldg shaped like a V8. I lived about a 1/2 hour from it, but was only 3 months old when it cranked, unbelievable, very cool pics. THANKS
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All I know is........the dogone thing was 3 miles from home for many years. IT was right by Rossmore when it was built. I don't go there very often anymore, and if I did, I just don't notice it anymore. Trust me.....it was there!
But that was when I used to use RT 32 at the tpke entrance for racing. .... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/wink.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/tongue.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/crazy.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/blush.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/scholar.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif Well, I did some digging on the net, and all I guess is that it must have been a copy. My parents told me it was the one from the fair. Sure looked like it to me........ https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/crazy.gif |
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All I know is........the dogone thing was 3 miles from home for many years..............https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif" most likely a clone https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smirk.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif |
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[ QUOTE ] All I know is........the dogone thing was 3 miles from home for many years..............https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif" I feel cheated!!!!............ https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/rolleyes.gif most likely a clone https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smirk.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif [/ QUOTE ] |
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[b] Check out the Vette pedal car!
- - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t.../WF63vette.jpg - - Any Long Islanders recognize these trains? They sat in a day care center on Peninsula Blvd and Ocean Ave for 30+ years! The day care center has been replaced by an assisted living center. - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF62.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF64.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF65.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...Fair/WF66a.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...Fair/WF66c.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF67.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF68.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF69.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF70.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF71.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF72.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF73.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF74.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF75.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF76.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF77.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF78.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF79.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF80.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF81.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF82.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF83.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF84.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF85.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF86.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF87.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF88.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF89.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF90.jpg - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF91.jpg - |
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Truly wonderful Dog. Thank YOU!!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gif
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Any Long Islanders recognize these trains? They sat in a day care center on Peninsula Blvd
and Ocean Ave for 30+ years! The day care center has been replaced by an assisted living center. - - http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t...0Fair/WF62.jpg - Sure, they were part of Camp Tanglewood. The tanglewood preserve still exists to the east of the old camp. I think you can go there for a late-night punch in the head or maybe a bag of crack. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif |
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In 1964 New York only issued one license plate with the Worlds Fair banner. It was renewed with the red vertical stripe for 1965.
This other was a plate used in the front most likely for marketing purposes. They were selling for $200. (mint) on peebait. http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...3/HPIM4434.jpg http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...3/HPIM4431.jpg |
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Nice walk down memory lane, any shots of the "Lifesaver" building ???? my fav as a kid.
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<font color="blue">I was 4 or 5 yrs old & I remember bits & pieces of it.
Thanks for the wonderful pics. I wish I could go back in time & see it now to enjoy it fully. </font> |
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