"In a way, the ruin is even more haunting than the original structure"
Philip Johnson
The Queens World Film Festival features the world premeire of a documentary about the murder of Julio Rivera and the ensuing rise of the Jackson Heights LGBTQ organizations.
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The 1964 World’s Fair pavilion in Flushing Meadows Corona Park by Philip Johnson is viewed by some as a symbol of past glory.
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Modern Ruin: A World’s Fair Pavilion,” a documentary about the history of the iconic Flushing Meadows Corona Park
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THE NEW YORK STATE PAVILION, OR HOW PHILIP JOHNSON’S FUTURISTIC ARCHITECTURE WAS ALMOST FORGOTTEN
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The New York State Pavilion, a 1964 World’s Fair colossus that rests off an expressway in Queens
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You can see them from at least three highways in Queens, rising up like futuristic beacons
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Watch Director Matthew Silva on Brian Lehrer show
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WORLD’S FAIR PAVILION: RESTORING THE TENT OF TOMORROW
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Queens Borough President Melinda Katz promises New York State Pavilion is safe from wrecking ball
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In Queens, the Fate of a Towering Relic From the 1964 World’s Fair Is Debated
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Preserving crumbling World’s Fair icon could cost at least $43M
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Millions needed to save New York State Pavilion: Parks Department.
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Seeking new visions for a World’s Fair relic in Flushing Meadows Corona Park
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"The essential feature of a landmark is not its design, but the place it holds in a city's memory"
-Herbert Muschamp
"We will probably be judged not by the monuments we build but by those we have destroyed"
-Ada Louise Huxtable
"We will probably be judged not by the monuments we build but by those we have destroyed"
-Ada Louise Huxtable
