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Tour - 1939 & 1964 World’s Fairs: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Fairgrounds

Saturday, Aug 4, 201811 AM - 1 PMEDT

New York, NY, US New York, NY, US

Join this 2-hour walking tour throughout Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, site of the 1939 and 1964 New York World’s Fairs. Following the map plan of both original fairgrounds, the tour will include such sights as the Queens Museum (formerly NYC Pavilion), Philip Johnson’s NY State Pavilion, the Unisphere (exact site of the Trylon and Perisphere), Port Authority Heliport, the Westinghouse Time Capsule, and the Hall of Science. Join guide Lloyd Trufelman for a tour of these sites, along with assorted statues, fountains, former pavilion locations and various other fragments.

For tickets, click here.

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    EMPRESSCHOW ·  Jul 23, 18 8:53 AM

    Come see our film about America's World's Fairs participation: 2 screenings ONLY!!!
    www.faceofanationmovie.com

    --August 2, 2018 at the Regal Lynbrook, NY @ 2:00pm
    https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lbiff-face-of-a-nation-tickets-47875965301

    --August 4, 2018 at the Long Beach Library, NY @ 1:30pm
    (Site does not have listing today for this screening. But check here:
    http://www.longbeachfilm.com/films/
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Tour - 1939 & 1964 World’s Fairs: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Fairgrounds

Saturday, Aug 4, 201811 AM - 1 PMEDT

New York, NY, US New York, NY, US

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Join this 2-hour walking tour throughout Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, site of the 1939 and 1964 New York World’s Fairs. Following the map plan of both original fairgrounds, the tour will include such sights as the Queens Museum (formerly NYC Pavilion), Philip Johnson’s NY State Pavilion, the Unisphere (exact site of the Trylon and Perisphere), Port Authority Heliport, the Westinghouse Time Capsule, and the Hall of Science. Join guide Lloyd Trufelman for a tour of these sites, along with assorted statues, fountains, former pavilion locations and various other fragments.

For tickets, click here.

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  • EMPRESSCHOW

    EMPRESSCHOW ·  Jul 23, 18 8:53 AM

    Come see our film about America's World's Fairs participation: 2 screenings ONLY!!!
    www.faceofanationmovie.com

    --August 2, 2018 at the Regal Lynbrook, NY @ 2:00pm
    https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lbiff-face-of-a-nation-tickets-47875965301

    --August 4, 2018 at the Long Beach Library, NY @ 1:30pm
    (Site does not have listing today for this screening. But check here:
    http://www.longbeachfilm.com/films/
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