TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2014 • 10 LOOKING BACK AT FAIR’S PAST Thousands Take Tour Of NY Pavilion For the first time in decades, the New York State Pavilion’s Tent of Tomorrow was opened to the public for a brief period last Tuesday, Apr. 22. Elected officials, historians and others donned hard hats while touring the dilapidated pavilion, a prominent feature in the 1964-65 World’s Fair, which opened 50 years ago last Tuesday. The tour was the first in a series of borough-wide celebrations marking the 1964 fair’s golden jubilee and the 1939-40 World’s Fair’s 75th anniversary. Among those pictured above are Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, Rep. Joe Crowley and City Council Members Peter Koo and Mark Weprin. (photo: Marcin Zurawicz) launch our commemoration of the two great fairs that took place here, said Assemblywoman Margaret Markey, the other World’s Fair Anniversary Committee co-chair. “It should also mean that we can be optimistic about the preservation and re-use of the entire iconic New York Pavilion just as other signature structures from those Fairs have become vital cultural organizations for Queens and New York City.” “In the last 50 years, Flushing Meadows Corona Park has grown from the site of the World’s Fair to the home of the World’s Park,” added Queens Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski. “As we celebrate this anniversary, it is just as important that we look to the next 50 years and plan for the Park’s future. I would like to thank the National Trust for Historic Preservation for honoring the New York State Pavilion as a ‘National Treasure’. This designation will highlight the importance of the Pavilion as a national icon, and help us to continue the conversation about how it can best serve Queens’ residents.” Among other officials on hand for by Robert Pozarycki In the shadow of two iconic—if not weather-beaten— symbols of the 1964-65 World’s Fair, elected officials at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park formally kicked off last Tuesday morning, Apr. 22, Queens’ year-long commemoration of the exposition’s 50th anniversary. The festivities began with the announcement that the New York State Pavilion—the futuristic structures which have virtually unused for much of the past 50 years—was named a “National Treasure” by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. It is one of only 44 sites nationwide deemed “historically, culturally and architecturally” important and deserving of such a designation. The pavilion is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Following a brief ceremony, the public got a chance to tour the pavilion’s “Tent of Tomorrow,” the elliptical steel space which once housed a massive terrazzo tile floor map of New York State. Visitors donned hard hats as they viewed the interior of the facility, which is the focus of an ongoing restoration campaign spearheaded by Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and local preservationists. Having been closed to the public for years, it seemed many history buffs, World’s Fair enthusiasts and curious spectators jumped at the opportunity to get a look inside the pavilion. Reportedly, the line stretched about three-tenths of a mile, from the pavilion entrance to the 111th Street parking lot. “I am very pleased with the decision of the National Trust for Historic Preservation to select the New York State Pavilion to be one of its national treasures,” said Katz, who also serves as co-chair of the World’s Fair Anniversary Committee. “This designation is most appropriate given the pavilion’s distinctive architectural style and its connection to the excitement and hopefulness that captivated the world at the beginning of the Space Age.” “This national treasure designation is wonderful news as we -SEE FAIR ON PG. 53- Do you have diabetes? 20% of diabetics will develop a foot ulcer in their lifetime. 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