![]() ![]() The park is home to 11 major monuments, including Forms in Transit, The Rocket Thrower, and Freedom of the Human Spirit, all dating from the 1964 World’s Fair. Surviving fair structures include the Unisphere, New York State Pavilion, New York Hall of Science, Terrace on the Park, and a public marina at Flushing Bay, which had been built for the 1939 World’s Fair but was expanded for the 1964 World’s Fair. ![]() Moses tried again to realize the grand vision for Flushing Meadows when the site hosted the 1964–65 World’s Fair-its theme, “Peace Through Understanding”. ![]() Several features from the 1939-40 World’s Fair era survive, including Meadow Lake and its boathouse, nearby Willow Lake, and the New York City Building (now the Queens Museum and formerly the United Nations’ headquarters from 1946 to 1950). In the year following the fair, 10,000 trees were planted at the site. The site was laid out with Beaux Arts radiating pathways inspired by the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, natural areas, and recreational fields. The fair was designed with civic improvement in mind. The fair, with its theme “The World of Tomorrow,” was a critical if not financial success featuring the latest technological innovations and visions of the future. NYC Parks Commissioner Robert Moses (1888–1981) saw potential to rehabilitate the land and create Flushing Meadows Park after the fair ended. Shagden approached a group of businessmen to organize the 1939-40 World’s Fair. During 19th century industrialization at the turn of the century, the wetlands and creek flowing from Flushing Bay became an ash dump, described in 1925 as a “valley of ashes” in F. After the Civil War, the surrounding area became a popular waterfront resort and wealthy New Yorkers built elegant houses nearby. Curbed regrets the error.This area was once inhabited by the Matinecocks before the arrival of Dutch settlers in 1640. A rendering of the restoration project.Ĭorrection: This piece originally stated that the observation towers will be publicly accessible, but they will not be. After the renovation, there won’t be unlimited access to the Pavilion and the towers won’t be publicly accessible, the Parks Department said. According to the NYC Parks Department, the project now has $24.097 million in funding from the Mayor’s office, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, and the City Council.Īs we previously reported, the project will include architectural lighting in the three observation towers and the Tent of Tomorrow, structural conservation work, and waterproofing for the towers. The project will get underway this month and is expected to be completed in March 2021, People for the Pavilion first reported.ĭesigned by Philip Johnson and Lev Zetlin for the 1964 World’s Fair, the Pavilion and its towers, were meant to be temporary (as other World’s Fair structures) but remained in place because they were “too expensive to torn down.” The towers have been significantly deteriorating, and efforts to preserve the worn-out observation towers had failed due to lack of funding.īut in 2017, the project received $14.25 million in funding. The New York State Pavilion’s observation towers, which stand over the midcentury Tent of Tomorrow at the former World’s Fair site in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, will finally be restored. One of the most prominent relics of the 1964 World’s Fair is finally going to be restored. ![]()
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