world’s fair
Intricate World's Fair mosaics in Queens to be demolished -- despite activists' desperate pleas: 'It's really a shame'
"Flushing Meadows Corona Park is a public park and I'm hoping they restore the 'public' in this public park."
Mural that once adorned Queens Howard Johnson's was long thought lost — until turning up after 50 years in Massachusetts basement
"Many preservationists thought the mural was demolished, but I was searching for it for many, many years."
How Chicago almost stole New York's title of America's greatest city
It may be hard to believe, but for one shining moment, Chicago had a chance to shed its Second City status and take the mantle of America’s greatest city. New...
Toto's 'Africa' is somehow a millennial frat anthem — and the band is 'boggled'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY You can still hear it blasting out of classic rock and golden oldies stations all over the world, and against all odds, Toto’s “Africa” has become a millennial anthem...
Cops killed at 1940 World's Fair to be honored
A bittersweet 75th anniversary ceremony will be held in Queens this summer to honor two NYPD detectives killed during a bombing at the 1940 World’s Fair there. Detectives Joseph Lynch,...
What people in the '60s thought the future would hold
This year marks the 50th and 75th anniversaries of the two World’s Fairs held in Flushing Meadows, Queens, in 1964-65 and 1939-40. Excerpts from six short films shown at the...
Which technology the 1964 World's Fair got right
Video phone calls? Yeah, we do that. Asking computers for information? Sure, several times a day. Colonies on the moon and jet packs as a mode of everyday transportation. OK,...
Time to preserve icons of 1964 World's Fair
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the 1964 New York World’s Fair. How many of the Fair’s iconic elements will still be there for the 60th? I was amazed,...