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Built in 1964, it covers nearly 10,000 square feet and recreates in miniature 895,000 buildings. The Twin Towers were added in the 1990s, and they're still standing in the little city.
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Queens Museum
- Address:
- Ave. of the States, Queens, NY
- Directions:
- Take the #7 train to 111th St. in Queens. Walk downhill on 111th St. (south) for four blocks. Just after you cross under a bridge, you'll see rockets to the left; you can cut diagonally through the parking lot to get to them. Walk past the rockets, bear to the right at the supersonic jet sculpture, then make a left at the geodesic dome and walk across the bridge over the Grand Central Pky. To the right is a gray, boxy building, the Queens Museum; its front entrance faces the Unisphere.
- Hours:
- W-F 12-5, Sa-Su 11-5 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 718-592-9700
- Admission:
- Donations welcome.
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
Big dino statues from the 1964 NY World's Fair stand near a riverbed full of authentic dinosaur footprints.
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- Address:
- 1629 Park Rd 59, Glen Rose, TX
- Directions:
- From downtown Glen Rose drive west on SW Barnard St./TX-205 for 4.5 miles, then bear right onto Park Rd 59, which ends at the Park entrance.
- Hours:
- Gates open daily 8-5 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 254-897-4588
- Admission:
- Day use $7.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
- Louisville, Kentucky - Sinclair Dinosaur Exhibit
Soon after the 1964 NY World's Fair, Sinclair brought their Dinosaur Exhibit to the parking lot of the Shelbyville Road Mall. They had a tent set up with a vending machine that for 25 cents would mold plastic dinosaurs as you watched. I still have mine sitting on a shelf in my family room. Good memories.
[Tom Stokes, 11/30/2018]Triceratops from NY World's Fair:RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- Address:
- 711 W. Washington St., Louisville, KY
- Directions:
- Downtown, on a pedestrian bridge rooftop behind the Kentucky Science Center. On the north side of W. Washington St., one block north of US-31W/W. Main St., midway between N. 7th and N. 8th Sts.
Yesteryear Travel: Sinclair at the World's Fair:14 min. film created by the Sinclair Oil Corp. offers glimpses of the 1964-65 New York World's Fair, highlighting the fiberglass dinosaurs in Sinclair Dinoland.
Watch Video.The bustle of a World's Fair is five decades distant in Flushing Meadows, but some landmarks and artifacts remain.
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A handful of those old injection mold machines are still around. The smell of the hot plastic is unforgettable.