Abandoned... NY State Pavilion

Mike Caprio: 7th Dec 2007 - 21:44 GMT

I think the structure is actually located here on Google Maps:

40.74365407345206,-73.8443711400032

Peter: 7th Dec 2007 - 21:46 GMT

indeed. it is right here (satellite photo):
maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=40.74365407345206,-73.8443711400032&ie=UTF8&ll=40.743654,-73.844371&spn=0.001195,0.00195&t=h&z=19&om=1

procyon: 7th Dec 2007 - 23:12 GMT

Mmm, that is some nice color on the second one.

Franny Wentzel: 8th Dec 2007 - 07:32 GMT

1964/5 NY Worlds Fair site.

www.nywf64.com/index.htm

There's talk of converting the NYS pavilion into an Air & Space museum.

Rael OneCloud: 8th Dec 2007 - 11:02 GMT

Yes! 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.

iman: 8th Dec 2007 - 18:59 GMT

that place is a historical landmark, they should just leave it the way it is

procyon: 8th Dec 2007 - 22:58 GMT

If they leave it the way it is, it will fall down, possibly on someone, within a few decades.
Some people suspect the Parks Department is hoping for exactly that, so they'll have an excuse to tear it down.

FailsToExist: 10th Dec 2007 - 16:26 GMT

I 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 GMT

I love the first two...particularly the form and colors in the second one. Somehow very otherworldly.

Shoot the Moon: 10th Dec 2007 - 16:28 GMT

Passing 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 GMT

I 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
it looked in real life compared to the movie. Thanks for satisfying my curiosity!! ^0^

Poulet: 10th Dec 2007 - 16:30 GMT

I'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 GMT

Yes! 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 GMT

procyon: 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 GMT

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? it strikes me as odd that they built this magnificent structure for one event, and then let it go.