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Introduction / Guidebook New York Goes to the Fair / Building NYS Yesterday - At the Fair The "Tent of Tomorrow" The Texaco Map The Towers When Someone Cared Quotes Tomorrow?

Under New York State's Tent of Tomorrow - a big Texaco Map and the displays of the host state. Architect Philip Johnson's massive pavilion of concrete columns and soaring towers struggles to survive into the 21st century. Above a huge "Tent of Tomorrow," housing state exhibits and shows, rise three towers, one of them an observation tower 226 feet high. View the State & Federal Area Map Locate It: S6 Various displays are sheltered under the world's largest suspension roof, made of translucent colored plastic and hung from sixteen 100-foot concrete columns. On the main floor the Texaco Oil Company has inlaid a mammoth map of the state in terrazzo, and here visitors assemble to watch school and community groups perform. Near-by is a movie theater-in-the-round. HIGH SPOT OF THE FAIR. Glass-enclosed "Sky-Streak" elevators zip up the sides of the observation tower and its lower neighbor, where refreshments are served; on a clear day visitors can see much of the metropolitan area. A third tower is a lounge for visiting dignitaries. FINE ARTS. The New York State Council on the Arts presents an exhibit entitled "The City: People and Places," featuring works of art of the past 75 years. PLENTY OF POWER. A big map of the State Power Authority network and a model of the St. Lawrence hydroelectric plant are on view. HIGHWAY OF NEW YORK. The mezzanine is lined with glimpses of life in the state -- a conservation area, industrial exhibits and so on. POP ART. On the outer walls of the Theaterama are paintings and sculptures of such unlikely subjects as an auto wreck, the Statue of Liberty and a comic-strip redhead. MOVIE TOUR. On a 360° screen in the Theaterama, the visitor is given a spectacular film tour of the state. The description of this exhibit from the 1965 Official Guide Book