Posted on 06/03/2014 6:05:17 AM PDT by C19fan
The theme of the 1964 World's Fair in New York City was "Peace Through Understanding". 650 acres of pavilions, public spaces and displays from exhibitors around the world. Countries, cities, corporations, and private groups set up shop to display their ideas and accomplishments to more than 50 million visitors. Corporate America was heavily-represented, with one of the most-remembered exhibits being General Motors' Futurama, displaying colorful and imaginative views of future society.
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Great pics. I had to snicker when I saw the Romneys.
I remember lots about it...I was more interested in the industrial exhibits like the SKF perpetual ball-bearing bouncing exhibit.
Frankly, even at age 10 I remember that lots of features of the thing were rather tacky. I didn’t care much for the orange and blue coloring of pretty much everything.
The food at the Brass Rail restaurants was atrocious and expensive! But it was the 60’s and WE LIKED IT!
Not saying it wasn’t fun and exciting in a Disneyland kind of way. What was sort of interesting was that you could take the beat-to-utter-hell NY subway to what looked like 1937 to the future.
And the Disney pavillion, I still have that "small world" song stuck in my head, what, 50 years later?
What it GE that had the fusion reactor mockup?
Didn't get to the Fair but did see the video telephone set-up at the National Geographic headquarters in Washington DC. They had actual service to a location in NYC IIRC. Both parties had to make an appointment to use it. Had to go to what amounted to a small studio to make the call. Quite an expensive treat back then but kind of awesome.
The time capsule - it’s location today is covered by brush.
Found a selection of photos taken those days, which reminds me to visit UPS one of these days.
Is the Wiki page for the 1964 Worlds Fair pretty accurate?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_New_York_World%27s_Fair
Yeah. I was just thinking about those boards. They’re not around here to my knowledge. I think it was a Black & Decker display where the guys were cutting and routing left and right. One of ‘em had a flat top haircut. I remember the building well. It also had a huge miniature train layout in it. Vivid, fond memories of that summer at the World’s Fair. I’ve often revisited the grounds via Google Earth and other articles on line.
Back in Manhattan, it was being held up high enough to get my head through the safety mesh at the top of the Empire State Building mouth agape; the huge multistory FOA Schwarz toy store, and walking out with a very cool radio controlled wooden speed boat; listening to police sirens echoing all night long from high up in the co-op off 5th avenue.
I also went to Hemisphere '68 where I nailed the red centers of three Lucky Strike logos with three consecutive dart throws and won an awesome reel to reel tape recorder only to have the carney wiggle one dart out of the target thereby demoting me to an ridiculously over sized stuffed bear.
We rode the monorail just before leaving. I lobbied hard, though unsuccessfully, for one more ride. As we were walking out, a string of emergency vehicles tore by - one monorail train had just crashed into the other derailing 11 cars which smashed into the concrete about 15 feet below. Good times...
pretty dang accurate
Next one is EXPO 2015 in Milan, Italy.
I spent many happy hours at Lowenbrau Gardens.
W took our daughter down to Disney World and saw the Lincoln display.
Mustang convertibles.
I didn’t go. Too young. It’s nice to get to say that one last time!
Yes, I remember seeing the Pieta. What a magnificent work that is!
Wasn’t the King Tut gold mask there too?
I still have dreams that my family and I are at this World’s Fair sitting in the NASA pavilion.
Me too! - I was 3. I remember that I got lost (parents thought I was with grandma, visa versa). Well I sat on a step until they found me. some nice old man in suit and fedora gave me slice of pizza. (back in the day when strangers were decent people/safe). They asked if I was afraid and I said ‘No, Jesus was with me.’
...1964...I was 15 years old, a big baseball fan, particularly national league...never got to the fair, plenty of visits to old Shea Stadium, though seen hulking in the background...good times, then, although the Mets were terrible...
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