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In
February, 1965 a committee was appointed by Mayor Wagner to help
determine which structures should be kept in post-Fair Flushing
Meadow Park. They recommended retention of the New York State
Pavilion as a part of a restored Flushing Meadow - Corona Park
noting that the towers constituted a natural tourist attraction
and the main pavilion could provide a covered area for Park events.
Sadly,
thirty-six years later, the New York State Pavilion is a decaying
hulk, abandoned and neglected by a City and Parks Department
that once felt there was so much promise in this beautiful building.
The
old cliche' says pictures speak a thousand words. May the photos
on this Gallery and the Galleries to follow speak volumes.
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New York State welcomes the World at the
1964/1965 New York World's Fair, April 1964
Source: ROLOC
Color Transparency
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FAIR FROM THE AIR
YOU'RE UP in a NEWS airplane cruising
over the Fair with our flying cameraman and you happen to look
out of the window just as he snaps his picture. This is the record
of what you both see. Central to the panorama are New York State's
vivid Tent of Tomorrow, Theaterama and High Spot of the Fair (for
once this tower looks dwarfed) and, to the right, New Jersey's
blue-topped pagodas. Across the top: Transportation Area; at bottom
a strip of the International Area.
Source: Airview
from News Plane by Edmund Peters; Al DeBello, Pilot, New York
Sunday News, May 2, 1965
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Aerial view of New York State
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Source: New York
World's Fair Corporationxxx
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Post Fair Engineering
Report
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New York State's unique Tent of Tomorrow and High Spot of the Fair
beckons brightly.
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Source: General
Electric Colorphoto, New York Sunday News, April 25,1965
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New York State at dusk
Source: Personal Collection,
Copyright 2000, Bradd Schiffman
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The NY State Observation Towers framed
by the Fair's streetlights
Source: Personal
Collection, © Copyright 2000, Bradd Schiffman
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Stunning night lighting at NY State Pavilion
Source: United Airlines
Promotional Slide
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A Lockheed Constellation (TWA? Eastern?),
on final approach to LaGuardia, passes overhead.
Source: World's
Fair Publicity Photo, Courtesy Bradd Schiffman
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