We Found 27 Hidden Relics of the World’s Fairs in a NYC Park скачать в хорошем качестве

We Found 27 Hidden Relics of the World’s Fairs in a NYC Park

I’m Dave from View Master Travels, and this time I set out to explore what’s left of the 1939 and 1964 New York World’s Fairs — two massive events that shaped not just the city but also the View-Master reels I collect. Armed with my vintage viewer, I walked the grounds of Flushing Meadows in Queens, comparing what’s there now to the original images. These two fairs were held 25 years apart but are deeply connected — and surprisingly, a lot of their remains are still scattered around if you know where to look. The site itself has a crazy backstory — it used to be a massive ash dump that even showed up in The Great Gatsby. The 1939 fair was meant to pull New York out of the Great Depression with its “World of Tomorrow” theme, but World War II broke out months later and the whole thing ended in financial disappointment. Fast forward to 1964: Robert Moses, New York’s master planner, revived the idea with a new fair themed “Peace Through Understanding.” It was even bigger and bolder, but still lost money — and again, the dream of turning the area into a world-class park kind of stalled. Even so, some pieces survived. I visited the Unisphere (still standing tall), the old New York Pavilion with its towers and crumbling “Tent of Tomorrow,” and the Queens Museum, which still houses a giant model of New York City from the ’64 fair. We also hunted down old fountains, statue locations, street markers, and even benches and water fountains that date back to the fairs. It felt like walking through a forgotten world — part ghost town, part open-air museum. One of the most haunting parts was standing over the original 1939 time capsule, buried by Westinghouse and intended to stay sealed for 5,000 years. It’s still there, under the grass, waiting to be discovered by people in the year 6939. That moment really hit me — a reminder that the fair was more than just a temporary spectacle. It was a message to the future, packed with hope and optimism. That’s what keeps me doing this: digging up the pieces of forgotten dreams and seeing what still echoes in the world today. 00:30 - The two world’s fairs 01:08 - History of the fairs 05:07 - The Unisphere 06:57 - Trylon and Perisphere 08:11 - New York City Pavilion 09:58 - New York State Towers 11:51 - Avenue of the Flags 12:07 - Astral Fountain and the Vatican 12:46 - Court of States 13:21 - Dupont 13:56 - British Pavilion 15:51 - Fountain of the Fairs and GE 17:02 - Avenue of Progress, Benches, Fountains 17:40 - Column of Jerash 18:05 - Netherlands 18:22 - Heliport 19:04 - Hollywood 19:34 - Pan American Building 19:52 - Kodak 20:09 - Monorail 20:49 - Speed 21:08 - Time and the Fates of Man 21:27 - Polish Pavilion 22:38 - US Pavilion 23:34 - Science Center Rockets 24:26 - The Time Capsule 25:30 - Conclusion Much research time saved due to the information found here: 1939nyworldsfair.com www.nywf64.com www.worldsfairphotos.com Image Credits: Progressland at Disneyland - by A. T. Service Vostok Spaceship - by HPH Telstar satelite - by RAMA Video Credits: 1939 Home Movie footage from the Philip A Medicus home movie footage. Westinghouse time capsule film is from “The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair” from the Library of Congress Unisphere design footage from “Unisphere- Biggest World on Earth, The (1964)” Found footage of the 64 fair:    • Found Footage: A Day at the 1964-1965 New ...   Chicago World’s Fair footage:    • Century of Progress Chicago World's Fair (...   Sound Effects Credits: Tram inside atmosphere driving: https://freesound.org/s/613303/ Outdoor crowd: https://freesound.org/s/752092/ Cemetery park: https://freesound.org/s/450513/ Washington DC park: https://freesound.org/s/717594/ Fountain: https://freesound.org/s/34125/ Trolleybus: https://freesound.org/s/168581/ Outdoor community festival: https://freesound.org/s/405316/ Bus passes: https://freesound.org/s/453777/ Griffith observatory park: https://freesound.org/s/792894/ Music: Acid Jazz by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Hot Swing by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Local Elevator by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Loss by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Comfortable Mystery 1 - Film Noire by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Comfortable Mystery Part 4 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...