It's time to shift gears (and topics) a bit. This year celebrates the 45th anniversary of season #1 of the 1964-65 New York Worlds Fair. As in previous World Fairs, an architectural icon was chosen as the official symbol.
Peace through Understanding was it's theme. United States Steel constructed a huge model of the Earth, calling it
Unisphere. Each land mass was represented, along with three concentric rings that appeared to float in air. This well-designed structure was placed atop a unique pedestal, and is located near to what is now known as the Queens Museum. Here is a stylized version that was used as the fair logo.
A few years ago, I visited the Flushing Meadows park in Queens to take some photos of the remaining fair structures. The Unisphere was refurbished in 1996 and looked very good. The New York State pavillion (the one with the Texaco map on the floor) was in a poor state of repair. I'll post more pictures of that on a later blog.
Here in its restored glory is Unisphere as it stands today.
A few years ago, I visited the Flushing Meadows park in Queens to take some photos of the remaining fair structures. The Unisphere was refurbished in 1996 and looked very good. The New York State pavillion (the one with the Texaco map on the floor) was in a poor state of repair. I'll post more pictures of that on a later blog.
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