1964-65 World's Fair Revisited

Modern Mechanix has an old National Geographic from 1965 with a huge spread on the World's Fair in New York. Step back to the atomic era and see the now-endangered Tent of Tomorrow in its glory days. Not many of these structures and rides exist today, at least not in New York; the giant tire is alive and well in Detroit, and of course, the Walt Disney-created ride, "It's a Small World" is still going -- check out some video of it here.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on April 24, 2008 11:59 AM

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Think2wice

We should hold another World's Fair. Seriously.

Outter Burrougher

My father also talks very fondly of and remembers very vividly taking the train up and out to the fair from NJ with his aunt, waiting on line and being amazed at what the world was going to have to offer.

lower manhattan

We visited from NJ five times, in each case agonizing for weeks over which pavilions we'd visit and what we'd eat. Belgian waffles? Greek Baklava? Mexican tacos? People today can't imagine how provincial New York was in those days. Robert Moses blew this city open for us. (I know, I know, here come the darts.)

dbc

My dad went to it and still talks fondly about all the cool stuff he saw.

Fritzdecat

That was an experience I will never forget. I was in the first grade at the time and the world was a wierd and wonderful place. The World's Fair was like going to Mars on a Rocket.

Things I remember... The Plastic dinosaur Injector machines, The AquaCars drving on the lake, Walking right up to James Bond's Aston Martin, The Robotic Abraham Lincoln in the Airconditioned Building,Those freaky mechanical puppets singing Its a Small World,Riding on a Tiny Model T drinking a gaint Mug of rootbeer...

TimSPC

All alone at the '64 World's Fair

Eighty dolls yelling "Small girl after all"

Who was at the Dupont Pavilion?

Why was the bench still warm? Who had been there?