Editing 1964 New York World's Fair (section)

==== Remaining structures ====
{{Further|1964 New York World's Fair pavilions#Remaining pavilions}}
[[File:Flushing Meadows–Corona Park-2.jpg|thumb|The New York State Pavilion (left) and the Unisphere (right) remain in Flushing Meadows.|alt=On a sunny summer day, a futuristic building and a huge sculpture representing Earth are visible behind trees and parkland.]]

Some of the structures from the 1964 World's Fair, including the fair's symbol the [[Unisphere]], remain in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park.<ref name="Samuel p. 197" /><ref name="Caro p. 11132">{{harvnb|Caro|1974|ps=.|page=1113}}</ref> Near the Unisphere is the [[Column of Jerash]] from Jordan's pavilion, a stone bench marking the site of the Vatican pavilion,<ref name="p408480364">{{cite news |last=Marcus |first=Jon |date=June 13, 1999 |title=The Future Was Then; NYC Dusts Off Relics of Its World's Fairs |newspaper=The Washington Post |page=E01 |issn=0190-8286 |id={{ProQuest|408480364}}}}</ref> and a plaque on the site of the Garden of Meditation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Flushing Meadows Corona Park Monuments: Garden of Meditation |url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/flushing-meadows-corona-park/monuments/570 |access-date=June 1, 2024 |publisher=[[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]}}</ref> The New York City Pavilion houses [[Queens Museum]],<ref name="Samuel p. 196">{{harvnb|Samuel|2007|ps=.|page=196}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Cotter|first=Holland|date=November 7, 2013|title=A Local Place for a Global Neighborhood|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/08/arts/design/the-expanded-queens-museum-reopens.html|access-date=May 21, 2024|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and the [[New York Hall of Science]] is also preserved as a museum.<ref name="Samuel p. 197" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/09/22/archives/hopeful-future-museum-but-citys-hall-of-science-still-retains-aura.html |title=Hopeful Future Museum; But City's Hall of Science Still Retains Aura Reminiscent of the World's Fair |date=September 22, 1966 |access-date=April 6, 2008 |first=Walter |last=Sullivan |work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The western side of the fairground site includes the Port Authority pavilion, which became the [[Terrace on the Park]] banquet hall; the Winston Churchill Tribute, which became an aviary for [[Queens Zoo]]; and the [[Flushing Meadows Carousel]].<ref name="Samuel p. 197" /> The [[New York State Pavilion]] is largely unused {{as of|2024|lc=y}},<ref>{{cite web |last=Chayes |first=Matthew |date=April 27, 2024 |title=Restoration Aims to Restore Luster of Decaying 1964 World's Fair Pavilion |url=https://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/1964-worlds-fair-nuvob91o |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429135330/https://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/1964-worlds-fair-nuvob91o |archive-date=April 29, 2024 |access-date=April 29, 2024 |website=Newsday |issn=2574-5298}}</ref> but its former Theaterama is used by [[Queens Theatre in the Park]].<ref name="p408480364" /><ref name="Samuel p. 197">{{harvnb|Samuel|2007|ps=.|page=197}}</ref> The [[World's Fair Marina]] along Flushing Bay still operates.<ref name="Marinas l738">{{cite web |title=Marinas: World's Fair Marina |url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/marinas/13 |access-date=May 23, 2024 |publisher=New York City Department of Parks and Recreation}}</ref>  Other buildings, including the Travel and Transportation Pavilion, the [[United States Pavilion]],<ref name="Cotter Young">{{Harvnb|Cotter|Young|2008|pages=55, 67|ps=.}}</ref> the Aquacade amphitheater,<ref name="Marzlock j896">{{cite web |last=Marzlock |first=Ron |date=March 22, 2012 |title=The Fair's Million-Dollar Aquacade |url=https://www.qchron.com/qboro/i_have_often_walked/the-fair-s-million-dollar-aquacade/article_185ee7eb-bb73-52f4-84a3-b537ebba079a.html |access-date=May 22, 2024 |website=Queens Chronicle}}</ref> and the [[Singer Bowl]] remained for several years before their demolition.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 27, 2018 |title=Janis and Jimi Jamming at the Singer Bowl |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/janis-and-jimi-jamming-at-the-singer-bowl/ |access-date=May 20, 2024 |website=The Village Voice}}</ref>

Other structures were relocated after the fair closed;<ref name="Hornaday 1965a">{{cite news |last=Hornaday |first=Mary |date=September 23, 1965 |title=World's Fair Plans for Closing Curtain: Pavilions to Move |work=The Christian Science Monitor |page=11 |issn=0882-7729 |id={{ProQuest|510830485}}}}</ref><ref name="Samuel pp. 85–86">{{harvnb|Samuel|2007|ps=.|pages=85–86}}</ref> among these were the Austria, Christian Science, Denmark, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mormon, Parker Pen, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, and Wisconsin pavilions. the [[Uniroyal Giant Tire]] and [[Golden Rondelle Theater]].<ref name="Cohn 1967" /><ref name="Samuel p. 85">{{harvnb|Samuel|2007|ps=.|page=85}}</ref> In some cases, only parts of buildings were preserved due to the high cost of full preservation.<ref name="nyt-1965-08-15">{{Cite news|last=Alden|first=Robert|date=August 15, 1965|title=Wreckers to Get Fair's Ornaments; Cost of Salvage Is Too High for Individual Sales|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/08/15/archives/wreckers-to-get-fairs-ornaments-cost-of-salvage-is-too-high-for.html|access-date=June 4, 2024|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The LIRR, Mormon, Socony Mobil, and West Berlin pavilions, as well as the monorail, Poupees des Paris, and the wax museum, were preserved within New York.<ref name="Cohn 1967">{{cite news |last=Cohn |first=Al |date=June 24, 1967 |title=What Ever Happened to the World's Fair |work=Newsday |page=14W |issn=2574-5298 |id={{ProQuest|915293358}}}}</ref> Other objects, including parts of the Hollywood and Ireland pavilions,<ref name="Cohn 1967" /> the Coca-Cola pavilion's [[carillon]], the [[It's a Small World]] ride, [[Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress|Progressland]] carousel, and the [[Skyride (Six Flags Great Adventure)|Swiss Sky Ride]], were sent further afield.<ref name="NRHP-12000021">{{cite report |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_WI/12000021.pdf |title=Wisconsin Pavilion |date=February 14, 2012 |publisher=[[National Register of Historic Places]], [[National Park Service]] |access-date=June 6, 2024}}</ref> Some pavilions, such as [[Clairol]]'s "color carousel" and [[Sinclair Oil]]'s dinosaur exhibits, became traveling exhibitions.<ref name="Cohn 1967" /><ref name="Samuel pp. 85–86" />