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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.]] 

(contracted; show full)York's "Master Builder," [[Robert Moses]], to head the corporation established to run the Fair because he was experienced in raising money for vast public projects. Moses had been a formidable figure in the city since coming to power in the 1930s. He was responsible for the construction of much of the city's highway infrastructure and, as Parks Commissioner for decades, the creation of much of the city's park system. 

In the mid-1930s, Moses oversaw the conversion of a vast Queens
 tidal marsh - garbage dump into the glittering fairgrounds that hosted the 1939/1940 World's Fair. Called [[Flushing Meadows Park]], it was Moses' grandest park scheme. He envisioned this vast park, comprising some <span style="white-space:nowrap">1,300&nbsp;acres&nbsp;(5&nbsp;km²)</span> of land and located in the center of the city, as a major recreational playground for New Yorkers. When the 1939/1940 World's Fair ended in financial failure, Moses did not have the available funds to complete work on his project. He saw the 1964/1965 Fair as a means to finish what the earlier Fair had begun(contracted; show full)
* [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]]