Preserving crumbling World’s Fair icon could cost at least $43M

[hrmjustin]

By Lisa L. Colangelo / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

The city needs $52 million to save the New York State Pavilion and restore the deteriorating iconic ruin of the 1964-65 World’s Fair to its original glory, officials revealed Monday night.

But tearing it down would cost just $14 million.

Parks Department officials told outgoing Queens Borough President Helen Marshall, elected officials and community board leaders that they have not decided what to do with the structure, which includes the Tent of Tomorrow and three observation towers that have been shuttered for decades.

“They are in need of repair but they are not immediately falling down,” said Queens Parks Commissioner Dorothy Lewandowski. “So we have time to have some really reasonable dialogue.”


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/city-options-nys-pavilion-article-1.1521873#ixzz2l9SsxtBd

[Historic NY]

1. And the answer is ......

tear it down. These so called icons were never meant to stand forever. It would be more meaningful to save the globe.

[hrmjustin]

2. Yeah I am not sure that they really make money for the city. I have never gone to see them.