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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)eave 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, "To Broadway with Love" in the Texas Pavilion, and [[Dick Button]]'s "Ice-travaganza" in the New York City Pavilion, all closed early, with heavy losses.  Clearly, the fairgoers didn't go the Fair for its entertainment value; after all
, they could find plenty of entertainment in Manhattan.

== Controversial ending ==
The Fair came to a close embroiled in controversy over allegations of financial mismanagement. Controversy had plagued it during much of its two-year run mainly due to Robert Moses' inability to get along with the press. As a result the press seemed harsh on the Fair, criticizing everything from a lack of fine art displays to the prices charged for admission. Only twenty-four million people attended the Fair by the close(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]]