Comments about world\'s fair

There are 12 comments about "world\'s fair"

AP: I 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......

in response to: Abandoned... NY State Pavilion by Peter

procyon: Medicalfools: 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......

in response to: Abandoned... NY State Pavilion by Peter

yas: saw 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?......

in response to: Abandoned... NY State Pavilion by Peter

Nando: Hey guys I have to say this is definitely one of my favorites entries ever. I am a native of Corona (on which the park lies) and I can honestly say that my life......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

procyon: sort of; important but not too important. the '33 world's fair was there, and it was the site of mayor daley's famous, ridiculous late-night bulldozing in 2003. from the next day's Trib: "Mayor Richard Daley launched......

in response to: Adler, 12th St. Beach and the Former Meigs Field by procyon

procyon: Sirhcbre: 2 more, I think, but they're about the mostly-Nick-directed parts of the trip so I will have more photos than commentary and they'll be shorter altogether. :) aer suzuki: Really? The '64 World's Fair fans......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

jack: WELL NOW, A TRIP TO THE PAST...the last time i was at the fair was when it was in it's actuality. it was in full bloom, you kids should have seen it. it......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

little ukraine: really really great post. stupidly, the strongest associations I have with the '64 world's fair are the Grand Central Parkway and the New York Mets, two things of which I'm not particularly fond. ......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

procyon: 1. Biff, this is beautiful. 2. Could one of you take a picture of this geodesic dome you describe? I'm obsessed with World's Fair relics right now....

in response to: The Last Bird by Biff

Chris Erb: Sussex folk lore says that the ice cream cone was invented a few months before the St. louis World's Fair. Apparently a baker made a bad batch of dough that was baking very hard......

in response to: Melting Vanishing Point by Marlo

george: Invention: ice cream cone in 1904 - st. louis world's fair Definition: noun / edible cone shaped container for ice cream Function: An ice cream cone is a cone-shaped pastry, usually made of a wafer similar......

in response to: Melting Vanishing Point by Marlo

anon (cyfairisd-062.phonoscope.com): No, Hell no ! I wouldn't want for neither Mexico & the U.S. to come together and become one nation ...that's american globalization of the world. Why ? well both nations have their beginnings &......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas