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[[Image:Max mordecai.jpg|right|thumbnail|300px|View of the New York World's Fair 1964/1965 as seen from the observation towers of the New York State pavilion. The Fair's symbol, [[Unisphere]], is the central image.]] 

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The New York World's Fair is viewed very fondly and with nostalgia by many, as it stressed a theme of peace and prosperity built upon the great technological achievements of the time and occurred before a massive societal change (incidentally, Canadians feel much the same about [[Expo 67]].) The Fair occurred at a time of great American economic and technological prosperity and was staged at a time when New York was considered by some the ultimate modern city. Soon after the Fair ended the United States would become totally engulfed by the Vietnam War, Watergate, racial tensions, riots, drugs, sexual revolution, and political apathy. Just a decade later, the city of New York was at its nadir: the city was on the brink of bankruptcy and was besieged by crime, corruption, and vandalism as citizens fled to the suburbs. This, particularly for baby boomers who visited the fair as children, the fair represents a nostalgic time before America was rocked by change.⏎
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*''International Participation in the New York World's Fair 1964-1965'' Sharyn Elise Jackson. <sup><small>[http://nywf64.com/intpar00.01.shtml]</small></sup>
*''Third Supplemental Report on New York World's Fair 1964 -1965 Corporation Covering Operations from Inception to December 31, 1966''. October 26, 1967. <sup><small>[http://nywf64.com/farewell06.shtml]</small></sup>
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* [http://www.archive.org/details/out_of_this_world Internet Archive: Out Of This World] Film about a woman going to the [[General Motors]] Pavilion to see the Kitchen of Tomorrow.

[[Category:1964|New York World's Fair]]
[[Category:New York City World's Fairs]]
[[Category:Queens, New York City]]
[[Category:Robert Moses projects]]

[[fr:Foire internationale de New York 1964-1965]]