Looking Back at the Future: Photographing Vintage Leftovers of New York's World's Fairs

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Gloria R Nash

Looking Back at the Future

Photographing Vintage Leftovers of New York's World's Fairs

Gloria R Nash

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English

N R G(r)
30 November 2024

Photography & photographs; Architecture; History of the Americas; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Conservation of buildings & building materials

Walk back in time to New York's World's Fairs to ride the Parachute Jump or eat a Bel-Gem Waffle. In 2024 two popular World's Fairs celebrate the 60th and 85th Anniversaries of when elite 20th century architects and artists designed larger than life displays promising a future of joy and peace. Both fairs were failures to organizers, but 96 million visitors remember them as unforgettable triumphs. Ten-year-old Gloria frequently visited the 1964-1965 Fair but had not returned to Flushing Meadows Corona Park until fifty years later when she was inspired to photograph and write this pictorial book. Pavilions were demolished the day the fair closed but the subject of this book are the few that were leftover in the park and others that were relocated around the country. This book celebrates the sixty remnants that survived. Photographed in glorious color, accompanied by historic text and personal remembrances. Addresses of all remnants both inside the park as well as throughout many states in America are listed. There is also a map showing two suggested routes through the park to view leftover remnants from the 1939-1940 Fair, and another tour to view leftover remnants from the 1964-1965 Fair. For World's Fair mastermind Robert Moses, the park was the prize, yet it's the fairs that live on in millions of hearts and minds. World's Fairs are no longer necessary in America, but the need is great for preservation of their history and the joyful memories of 96 million visitors to Queens.

By: Gloria R Nash
Imprint: N R G(r)
Edition: Large type / large print edition
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 203mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 354g
ISBN: 9781940046006
ISBN 10: 1940046009
Pages: 124
Publication Date: 30 November 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

GLORIA R NASH grew up in Manhattan and Rego Park, where interests in mid-century styles were nurtured by frequent visits to the 1964-1965 World's Fair and a Howard Johnson's Restaurant built for the 1940 Fair. While living in California and Las Vegas, she wrote a newsletter, For Here or To Go, reporting on vintage roadside food and beverage advertising collectibles. Returning to New York she graduated Phi Beta Kappa, then earned an M.A. in Psychology and an M.S. in Education. At the same time, authors wrote about Gloria's resilience to challenges and 9-11. After retiring from work as a therapist and math teacher she learned to build websites as a medium for selling collectibles. Her heart called out to photograph and write about preservation of America's vanishing roadside architecture, restaurants, and signs. When her 90-year-old mother lost her vision, Gloria left Manhattan to care for her in Queens. When the pandemic curtailed long distance travels she visited local sites for the first time. After a fifty-year absence she visited Flushing Meadows Corona Park which began a two-year adventure of photographing, researching, and writing this book to celebrate the 60th and 85th Anniversaries in 2024 of the 1964 and 1939 New York World's Fairs. Currently Gloria is writing Part 2 of this pictorial series and also a manual to easily build websites.