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1964 New York World's Fair
[[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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== Failure of Amusements ==
The most discouraging aspect of the Fair may have been the absence of a midway.  The Fair's organizers were opposed, on principle, to the honky-tonk atmosphere engendered by midways, and this was another thing that irked the BIE, which insisted that all officially sanctioned fairs have a midway.  What amusements the Fair actually had were groomed until tame, predictable, and dull.  The Meadow Lake Amusement Area was
n't easily accessible anyway, and although this area was supposed to remain open for 4 hours after the exhibits closed at 10 p.m., the Fair presented a fountain and fireworks exery night at 9 p.m. at the Pool of Industry.  Fairgoers would see this show and then leave the Fair rather than head over to the Amusement Area; one was hard pressed to see anyone on the Fair grounds by midnight.  The Fair's big entertainment spectacles, including the "Wonder World" at the Meadow Lake Amphitheatre, "(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]]