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Related: About this forumQueens marks 50 years since iconic 1964 World's Fair
AP BETH J. HARPAZ
NEW YORK -- You can just barely see them through the window of the No. 7 subway as it rattles into the elevated station in Corona, Queens: a gigantic steel sphere, two rocket ships, and towers that appear to be capped by flying saucers.
These unusual landmarks are among a number of attractions still standing from the 1964 World's Fair, which opened in Flushing Meadows Corona Park 50 years ago, with marvels ranging from microwave ovens to Disney's "it's a small world" ride to Belgian waffles with strawberries and whipped cream.
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9512011
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Queens marks 50 years since iconic 1964 World's Fair (Original Post)
hrmjustin
Apr 2014
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HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)1. I was 16
When Grandma and I went to see my Great-Uncle, we would walk from his house to where there was an opening in the fence. Sssssshhh! lol This was the first time I ever had those Belgian waffles and strawberries. Delicious. So, so, long ago.
djean111
(14,255 posts)2. I went twice!
Still have a beautiful necklace of green crystals and a long pearl necklace that I bought at the French pavilion.
Had my wallet picked right out of my purse. Never carried a wallet again.
Learned that my three years of high school Spanish did not teach me that real Spanish people talk a mile a minute, because they assume I can speak Spanish in real time.
Great fun!
840high
(17,196 posts)3. Three of us
went. Hubby and baby in my belly.
I grew up just a hop, skip and a jump away, in Flushing.