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New York World’s Fair 1964-65

Alternate Side History Film History 

The World of Today: How the New York World’s Fair connects to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

April 25, 2019June 25, 2019 Bowery Boys 4170 Views 2 Comments Flushing-Meadows, New York World's Fair 1964-65, Robert Moses

The New York World’s Fair of 1939-40, held in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, was an extravagant wonderland of ideas, filled

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Bowery Boys Gilded Age New York 

Odds and Ends: Washington Irving, Modern Ruin, Tourist Advice, The Slide

May 20, 2015 Bowery Boys 1510 Views 1 Comment Flushing-Meadows, gay New York, New York World's Fair 1964-65, Washington Irving

Irving Place is the remarkably pretty street that travels from the south side of Gramercy Park to the less charming

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Podcasts Queens History 

Ruins of the World’s Fair: The New York State Pavilion, or how Philip Johnson’s futuristic architecture was almost forgotten

November 14, 2014May 10, 2019 Bowery Boys 6146 Views 5 Comments Flushing-Meadows, New York World's Fair 1964-65, Podcasts, Power Broker, Preservation, Robert Moses

A little bit Jetsons, a little bit Gladiator, a little bit P.T Barnum. Photo/Marco Catini PODCAST The ruins of the

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Queens History Robert Moses 

Robert Moses rejected this terrifying Margaret Keane painting from hanging at the 1964-65 World’s Fair

November 13, 2014July 15, 2019 Bowery Boys 26770 Views 23 Comments art, Flushing-Meadows, Margaret Keane, New York World's Fair 1964-65, Robert Moses

The World’s Fair of 1964-65 at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park was a major American event forward-looking in its intent and, in

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Queens History 

A new film about New York State Pavilion, the space-age ruin from the World’s Fair 1964-65

September 16, 2014January 14, 2015 Bowery Boys 2068 Views 0 Comments Flushing-Meadows, New York State Pavilion, New York World's Fair 1964-65

Many cities have turned the sites of World’s Fairs into public places that have endured through the decades.  Chicago’s Jackson

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Preservation 

Root for the Mets and help save the World’s Fair Pavilion!

July 31, 2014January 14, 2015 Bowery Boys 1175 Views 0 Comments Flushing-Meadows, New York Mets, New York World's Fair 1964-65, Polo Grounds

The New York State Pavilion in its prime. (NYPL) The New York Mets owe much to Robert Moses and the

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Queens History 

The religious controversy behind a lonely Roman column just standing around by itself in Flushing Meadows Park

June 26, 2014January 14, 2015 Bowery Boys 2230 Views 2 Comments Flushing-Meadows, Jewish New York, New York World's Fair 1964-65, Robert Moses, Worlds Fair

. The second oldest manmade object in New York City — outside, that is, not in a museum or private

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Queens History Robert Moses 

Assorted mishaps from the 1964 New York World’s Fair — in its first month and before it even opened

April 23, 2014May 22, 2016 Bowery Boys 3537 Views 11 Comments New York World's Fair 1964-65, protesters, Radio City Music Hall, Robert Moses

Certainly Robert Moses expected there to be a few little problems to arise at the opening of the 1964 World’s

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Amusements and Thrills Queens History 

African lions and dinosaurs, musical plastics and electricity: The sights and sounds of the 1964-65 World’s Fair

April 22, 2014January 14, 2015 Bowery Boys 1868 Views 0 Comments Flushing-Meadows, New York World's Fair 1964-65

The World’s Fair of 1964-65 opened fifty years ago today!  We visited this unusual New York mega-event on the podcast

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