Walks and Roadways
LIGHTING		LOCATION
	Walks and Roadways		Throughout the Fairgrounds 66,000 linear feet 1842 light standards
CONSULTANTS		DESIGNERS
	Hamel and Langer 652 First Avenue New York 16, New York OR9-9140		Hamel & Langer - Lighting Designers Donald Oenslager - Design Consultant Clarke & Rapuano - Landscape Designers Syska & Hennessy - Electrical Distribution System
CONTRACTORS
	Johnson Electric-Underground Distribution Broadway Maintenance-Pole & Fixture Installation Westinghouse Electric-Fixture Manufacturer

Source: Operations Manual - New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation

The lighting scheme of the Fair features a special modular type luminaire, embodying standardized cubical units assembled in a variety of forms, and utilizing a new square-panel type fluorescent lamp. Unique and colorful in design, these street lighting fixtures present a fresh and exciting appearance, contributing their share to the cheerful mood of the Fair. 1842 street lighting standards were installed for Fair use. 961 of them will be removed after the Fair, to be replaced by 531 additional bases, providing a total of 1412 lighting standards for post-Fair use.

Gallery

Colored light units were modular so that they could be assembled in many variations.
Source: World's Fair Promotional Brochure

Interesting shot showing lights as they curve along a Fair walkway. The New York State Pavilion's observation towers are framed in this shot as well *(Courtesy of Bradd Schiffman)*
Source: © 2001 Bradd Schiffman

The lights don't seem very large from the ground looking up, but their size is deceiving as these pictures show! And they're HEAVY too! World's Fair collector Gary Holmes salvaged this Fair streetlight from the backyard of an area restaurant that was about to go bankrupt a few years back. The restaurant had acquired them at one of the Fair's "Going-out-of-Business" sales.
Access to the lamps within was gained by removing screws holding the plates on the top of the light. The triangular shaped base held speaker equipment for the Fair's sound system. Gary's light would make a "+" shape if you looked at it from above. The section he is holding in the picture on the right mounts onto the gray section of the light on the left.

Source: © 2001 Bill Young