A DAY AT THE WORLDS FAIR!!
On the trip in from JFK airport I was intrigued by these weird circular platforms on pillars hovering on the skyline - found out it was the old ‘New York State Pavillion’ from the 1964 World Fair in Queens New York now know as Flushing Meadow, Corona Park that was the site of the 1939 and 1964 Worlds Fair and some of the original structures remain.
Intrigued we took the train out and found a real little gem. The highlights were:
1. the Queens Museum of Art that houses a 867sq m 3D model of the five boroughs of New York with every building constructed before 1992 with 895,000 individual pieces. (constructed for the 1964 fair)
2. Unisphere - a 12 storey stainless globe, also constructed for the 1964 fair and was the centre piece of the park.
3. The New York State Pavilion that was build for the 1964 fair but they never found a use for it afterwards and it is now rusting and derelict but makes a great photography subject.
