Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

Arts & Culture

10 New Public Art Installations Not To Miss in NYC February 2020

Welcome to February! There is much to see this month in the public art world, with numerous new public art

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Michelle Young Feb 3, 2020

Arts & Culture

A House in Queens Has a Mini World’s Fair Tribute on Top

On 108th Street in Corona, Queens just a few blocks from Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, home of two World’s Fairs,

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Michelle Young Jan 6, 2020

Arts & Culture

13 New Public Art Installations Not To Miss in NYC January 2020

Jordan Casteel, The Baayfalls, 2017 (rendering). A High Line Commission. On view until December 2020. Rendering courtesy the High Line

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Michelle Young Jan 3, 2020

Events

Groundbreaking Begins on Restoration of New York State Pavilion in Queens

The future of the New York State Pavilion, an abandoned remnant of the 1964 World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona

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Michelle Young Nov 12, 2019

Arts & Culture

When the King and Queen of Great Britain Came to the World’s Fair in Queens

Though the British ruled New York for over 100 years when it was a colony during the 17th and 18th-centuries,

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Nicole Saraniero Sep 12, 2019

Architecture

Restoration on World’s Fair Observation Towers Begins Soon in Flushing Meadows

It’s been an eventful week at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, with the conclusion of the U.S. Open and a

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Michelle Young Sep 9, 2019

Arts & Culture

Former US Open Stadium Was a Remnant of the 1964 World’s Fair [PHOTOS]

Former Louis Armstrong Stadium in 2009. Photo by Charlie Cowins from Flickr via Wikimedia Commons For nearly forty years, from

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Michelle Young Aug 27, 2019

Architecture

New Video Series Unforgotten Showcases the New York State Pavilion

A new video series by artist Aaron Asis, who is also our new Artist in Residence at Untapped Cities, goes

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Michelle Young Aug 19, 2019

Arts & Culture

The Futuristic Monorail that Ran for the 1964 World’s Fair in Queens

One of the many glimpses of the future brought to New Yorkers at the 1964-65 World’s Fair in Flushing

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Michelle Young Jul 16, 2019

Arts & Culture

11 Off-the-Beaten Path Ways to Celebrate Memorial Day Weekend 2019 in NYC

The unofficial start of summer comes this weekend with the celebration of Memorial Day! Observed on the last Monday of

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Nicole Saraniero May 21, 2019

Arts & Culture

Untapped Cities Behind the Scenes Tours This Week: May 20th – May 26th, 2019

Every week Untapped Cities brings you behind-the-scenes of some of New York City’s most iconic sites, and into the

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Nicole Saraniero May 20, 2019

Arts & Culture

15 Places to View Cherry Blossom Trees in NYC

Photo courtesy New York Botanical Garden Spring is officially in full swing and with the wave of warm weather in

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Untapped New York Apr 8, 2019