Entries from Gothamist tagged with '19641965worldsfair'
January 26, 2008
Photograph of a section of the Texaco map by Sybil Young/NYC Parks & Recreation For the 1964-1965 World's Fair, architect Philip Johnson designed the New York State Pavillion in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Besides the well-known observation towers (think Men in Black) and the Theaterama, he commissioned a "130-foot-by-166-foot terrazzo replica of a Texaco New York State road map." However, after vandalism and weather, the past decades have damaged the map to the point......
Continue Reading "Map of the Day: Conserving the Texaco Road Map at the New York State Pavillon in Queens"
