Editing 1964 New York World's Fair (section)

==== Contemporaneous ====
Before the fair opened, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' called it a "mixed boon" to New York City because BIE members had boycotted the fair.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 20, 1961 |title=World's Fair Mixed Boon To New York |work=The Washington Post, Times Herald |page=A3 |issn=0190-8286 |id={{ProQuest|141392737}}}}</ref> In late 1963, just before the fair opened, an [[Associated Press]] reporter called it "a big city cousin to the familiar county fair" and said it was becoming one of the United States' most comprehensive exhibits of industries and businesses.<ref name="Lane 1963" /> A British newspaper called the fair "a great big grown-up Disneyland".<ref name="Newsweek 1964a p. 43" />

After the fair's opening, ''Life'' and ''Ebony'' magazines called it one of mankind's largest expositions, and ''Newsweek'' wrote the attractions and pavilions were "hard to resist".<ref name="Samuel p. 38" /> Several writers criticized the large number of industrial exhibits at the fair, and observers complained about the wastefulness of the pavilions' temporary nature.<ref name="Samuel pp. 95–96">{{harvnb|Samuel|2007|ps=.|pages=95–96}}</ref> During the second season, ''Time'' magazine wrote the fair was unsuccessful because of long queues, meager exhibits, high prices, and the overwhelmingly large number of attractions for visitors.<ref name="Time 1965 d891">{{cite magazine |date=July 16, 1965 |title=Fairs: What the Matter Can Be |url=https://time.com/archive/6627843/fairs-what-the-matter-can-be/ |access-date=June 7, 2024 |magazine=Time}}</ref> When the fair closed, a ''Wall Street Journal'' reporter wrote it had failed because it "lacked coordination, a common purpose that could be transmitted to the community".<ref>{{cite news |last=Schmedel |first=Scott R. |date=October 15, 1965 |title=World's Fair Lesson: New York Exposition Points Up Difficulty Of Attracting Attention in Today's World |work=The Wall Street Journal |page=16 |issn=0099-9660 |id={{ProQuest|133007427}}}}</ref> [[Russell Lynes]] said the concept of the fair was flawed because instant communication between countries was already possible.<ref name="Stern (1995) p. 1055" /><ref name="Lynes p819">{{cite magazine |last=Lynes |first=Russell |date=October 1, 1965 |title=Goodbye to World's Fairs |url=https://harpers.org/archive/1965/10/goodbye-to-worlds-fairs/ |access-date=June 7, 2024 |magazine=Harper's Magazine}}</ref>

There was also commentary on the conflicting architectural styles,<ref name="Bernstein 2014">{{cite web |last=Bernstein |first=Fred A. |date=April 18, 2014 |title=Architects Remember the '64–65 World's Fair |url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/3121-architects-remember-the-64-65-worlds-fair |access-date=May 31, 2024 |website=Architectural Record}}</ref><ref name="Samuel p. 42; Tirella pp. 208–209">{{harvnb|Samuel|2007|ps=|page=42}}; {{harvnb|Tirella|2013|ps=.|pages=208–209}}</ref> which were controversial even before the official opening.<ref name="Schmedel 1961" /><ref name="Samuel p. 99" /> In 1961, John Canaday of ''The New York Times'' wrote he would be surprised if the fair were not "a mess and disaster architecturally".<ref name="nyt-1961-07-30">{{Cite news |last=Canaday |first=John |date=July 30, 1961 |title=The World's Fair; Architects and Critics See a Monster Developing for 1964–65 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/07/30/archives/the-worlds-fair-architects-and-critics-see-a-monster-developing-for.html |access-date=May 24, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> After the fair opened, [[Ada Louise Huxtable]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote the fair was architecturally "grotesque",<ref name="Bernstein 2014" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 22, 1964 |first=Ada Louise |last=Huxtable |title=Architecture: Chaos of Good, Bad and Joyful; Grotesque Contrasts, Wholly Unplanned, Give Fair Charm; Few Ideas Are New—State Pavilion Is Star of Show |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/22/archives/architecturechaos-of-good-bad-and-joyful-grotesque-contrasts-wholly.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512191449/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/22/archives/architecturechaos-of-good-bad-and-joyful-grotesque-contrasts-wholly.html |archive-date=May 12, 2024 |access-date=May 12, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> while other critics criticized the structures as befitting [[Coney Island]] or a [[street fair]].<ref name="Samuel p. 422"/> The critic [[Vincent Scully Jr.]], in a ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine article, wrote: "If This Is Architecture, God Help Us".<ref name="Bernstein 2014" /><ref name="Samuel p. 42; Tirella pp. 208–209" /> In June 1964, ''Time'' said the fair had "grace and substance" despite the presence of some "tacky" attractions,<ref name="Samuel p. 422"/><ref name="Time 1964 p823">{{cite magazine |date=June 5, 1964 |title=Fairs: The World of Already |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,938607-1,00.html |access-date=May 30, 2024 |magazine=Time}}</ref> a sentiment repeated in ''[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]''.<ref name="Shipp 1964" /> The [[American Institute of Architects]] gave awards for excellence in design to several pavilions.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 12, 1964 |title=Architects Praise 4 Pavilions at Fair |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/11/12/archives/architects-praise-4-pavilions-at-fair.html |access-date=June 3, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> A ''[[Newsday]]'' reporter described the fair as "both garish and subtle, tawdry and tasteful, ephemeral and lasting".<ref name="Schwartz 1964" /> After the fair closed, architectural critic [[Wolf Von Eckardt]] said the fair was "a frightening image of ourselves" because of its "chaotic" architecture.<ref name="Stern (1995) p. 1055" /><ref name="Von Eckardt q189">{{cite book |last=Von Eckardt |first=Wolf |url=https://archive.org/details/placetolivecrisi00vone |title=A Place to Live; The Crisis of the Cities |publisher=Delacorte Press |year=1968 |publication-place=New York |pages=217–218 |oclc=321361 |url-access=registration}}</ref>