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Inspired by this post, I recently accessed the abandoned and decaying New York State Pavilion
It makes me sad that such a magnificent structure has been left to decay and crumble... This article has been viewed 21010 times in the last 5 years Mike Caprio: 7th Dec 2007 - 21:44 GMTI think the structure is actually located here on Google Maps: 40.74365407345206,-73.8443711400032 Peter: 7th Dec 2007 - 21:46 GMTindeed. it is right here (satellite photo): Franny Wentzel: 8th Dec 2007 - 07:32 GMT1964/5 NY Worlds Fair site. There's talk of converting the NYS pavilion into an Air & Space museum. Rael OneCloud: 8th Dec 2007 - 11:02 GMTYes! This is one of my favourite buildings ever... iman: 8th Dec 2007 - 18:59 GMTthat place is a historical landmark, they should just leave it the way it is procyon: 8th Dec 2007 - 22:58 GMTIf they leave it the way it is, it will fall down, possibly on someone, within a few decades. FailsToExist: 10th Dec 2007 - 16:26 GMTI was always fascinated by this, and by the pavillion you posted above, when we went to visit my grandparents in Queens. they've since moved and we don't drive by them anymore...but I totally miss them. thanks for posting. :) Veijukka: 10th Dec 2007 - 16:27 GMTI love the first two...particularly the form and colors in the second one. Somehow very otherworldly. Shoot the Moon: 10th Dec 2007 - 16:28 GMTPassing this & the Unisphere is one of those markers that I'm finally back home. But it is a somewhat sad structure when you hear all the stories from your parents and grandparents about how fabulous the Fair was and all. It's definitely one of those fabulous lil pieces o history. loli cat: 10th Dec 2007 - 16:29 GMTI live in the midwest but if I was ever in NYC that's been on top of my list of places to visit thanks to Men In Black...I've wanted to see how Poulet: 10th Dec 2007 - 16:30 GMTI've often driven by this and always wondered what it was. Now I know! Plus, the pictures are great. Rael O.: 10th Dec 2007 - 16:45 GMTYes! This is one of my favourite buildings ever... did you know back in the 80s you could still walk through it? It has the most amazing echo if you stand in the center. Me and my friends would go there and shout at the sky, or play music. Peter: 10th Dec 2007 - 16:52 GMTprocyon: interesting observation about the parks department... frankly, i was surprised at how easy it was to just walk right into the place. i mean, theres a fence, but it has several door-sized holes/flaps cut/pried into it, and you can literally just waltz right in. and signage? besides the two fading "danger, keep out" signs, i didnt see any other signs, and was surprised to not see the official-looking (and forboding) "no trespassing" signs (denoting clauses and public code which might apply to would-be trespassers that you see, very liberally plastered, on almost every other city-owned ruin), which almost made it seem like they were saying "oficially, we'd rather you not enter, but we really dont care enough to stop you, hinder you, or even try to scare you away from entering". its interesting. i really want to go back and snap more photos, and get deeper into the structure. i wasnt really dressed/prepared for it last time, and sort of just stepped in on a whim and snapped a few photos and stepped out quickly, as there were plenty of people around, and it was in the middle of a saturday afternoon, heh... yas: 15th Dec 2007 - 19:04 GMTsaw this driving through queens once. i can't even wait to explore it a bit farther. i do wonder, why was there only ever one world's fair? shouldn't there have been many, like every year? it strikes me as odd that they built this magnificent structure for one event, and then let it go. Herman from Elmhurst: 4th Sep 2008 - 02:41 GMTI used to roller skate in there. My dad told me stories of going up to the cafe and observation deck. It's always been my fantasy of restoring it to it's original state with a few extras. :) medicalfools: 30th Sep 2008 - 23:28 GMT"procyon: Some people suspect the Parks Department is hoping for exactly that, so they'll have an excuse to tear it down." this is BS. i know for a fact that higher-ups within the parks dept. loves this thing -- there's really just no budget to maintain it, let alone completely renovate it. a project like that would probably require some sort of federal attention. procyon: 1st Oct 2008 - 02:30 GMTMedicalfools: I also know that some higher-ups want the best for it--someone posted a letter to that effect from Dorothy Lewandowski elsewhere on citynoise, and I recently read that they've started applying for a spot on the National Register of Historic Places for the State Pavilion so they can become eligible to apply for certain grants to fix it. AP: 18th Dec 2008 - 17:36 GMTI love that. Thanks for posting. I should make a pilgrimage before they raze it, since I'm in the NY metro area. I had no idea that existed. I know this pavilion is from the 1964 world's fair and the scene I'm thinking of was in the abandoned buildings of the 1939 World's Fair, but it reminds me of that beautiful part in Kavalier and Clay when they break into the Perisphere. That would be a good passage to post about abandoned places! I love that book, and that part in particular is so moving. Lund Photo: 18th Dec 2008 - 21:07 GMTI'm sorry, in it's current state I can't find the appeal in this 'building'? I'm from Seattle, and the Space Needle from the '62 World Fair, is alive and strong as ever here.. Peter: 18th Dec 2008 - 21:36 GMTappeal? this is just a document of what sorry state its fallen into since being abandoned. Duchess: 18th Dec 2008 - 21:52 GMTit's always a little horrifying to see the amount of money thrown at these things, then just abandoned afterwards... Lund Photo: 18th Dec 2008 - 23:37 GMTIf you wish to edit my comment, please just delete it totally! Editor: 19th Dec 2008 - 00:50 GMTOr, you know, you could learn to post photos properly so that they dont crash the page so bad that they have to be deleted. Just a thought... you might want to look here if you need help. Nancy Coleman Dann: 20th Feb 2009 - 06:41 GMTThere is a little round building next to this main structure that was called the Theatrama. During the Fair it showed a 360 degree in the round,movie about NY State. My father Harry Coleman, produced it. There were 6 projectors and the audience stood in the middle, surrounded 360 with images as if they were in the middle. The filming used a rig with 6 cameras, filmed with a remote control system. I worked with him and the crew for 6 months, when the film was ready and the Fair opened. It was amazing. Nancy Coleman Dann: 20th Feb 2009 - 06:41 GMTThere is a little round building next to this main structure that was called the Theatrama. During the Fair it showed a 360 degree in the round,movie about NY State. My father Harry Coleman, produced it. There were 6 projectors and the audience stood in the middle, surrounded 360 with images as if they were in the middle. The filming used a rig with 6 cameras, filmed with a remote control system. I worked with him and the crew for 6 months, when the film was ready and the Fair opened. It was amazing. Nancy Coleman Dann: 20th Feb 2009 - 06:41 GMTThere is a little round building next to this main structure that was called the Theatrama. During the Fair it showed a 360 degree in the round,movie about NY State. My father Harry Coleman, produced it. There were 6 projectors and the audience stood in the middle, surrounded 360 with images as if they were in the middle. The filming used a rig with 6 cameras, filmed with a remote control system. I worked with him and the crew for 6 months, when the film was ready and the Fair opened. It was amazing. Nancy Coleman Dann: 20th Feb 2009 - 06:41 GMTThere is a little round building next to this main structure that was called the Theatrama. During the Fair it showed a 360 degree in the round,movie about NY State. My father Harry Coleman, produced it. There were 6 projectors and the audience stood in the middle, surrounded 360 with images as if they were in the middle. The filming used a rig with 6 cameras, filmed with a remote control system. I worked with him and the crew for 6 months, when the film was ready and the Fair opened. It was amazing. Ted \\\: 16th Feb 2010 - 03:20 GMTthere used to be rock concerts in that building..like the grateful dead and joe cocker in 1966-67. It was fabulous because I used to live a couple of blocks away on 50th ave/108th st. Went to the world's fair in 1964 every night in the summer time. Fabulous memories. Theresa/Corona/Spaghetti Park: 21st Feb 2010 - 23:58 GMTThose were the days, all around the Lemon Ice King and those Italian Feasts not to mention the smell of sausage and peppers in the air.Anyone out there remember the "free" admissions to the Worlds Fair. Yo, did anyone dare walk into Baboni's candy store on 108th street. If you remember from 1962-1968 please post and share those memories. nomad: 23rd Oct 2012 - 14:08 GMTThere used to be a large map of NYS on the floor; people started stealing their "town," and before you know it was full of craters Silva: 10th Mar 2013 - 02:35 GMTHi all. Im making a film about this structure. Hopefully it will do something to raise awareness and get some movement... ? Nicholas A. Mudry: 11th May 2013 - 12:57 GMTMy father, Nicholas Mudry, superintendent for the Nicholson Company of 10 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, constructed this building by a process called "Slip Form". I remember visiting the construction site as a child. 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