Queens, New York -
New York City Panorama: World's Largest Scale Model
It covers nearly 10,000 square feet and recreates in miniature 895,000 buildings.
- 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 of Art; its front entrance faces the Unisphere.
- Hours:
- W-F 10-5, Sa-Su 12-5 (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 718-592-9700
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For inhabitants of New York City who can't get enough of themselves -- and for everyone who craves an old fashinoned, birds-eye view of the Big Apple -- the "Panorama" will reopen on February 4, 2007. It joins several other attractions that are still visible at the site of the 1964 New York World's Fair ... [01/21/2007] Complete News Story
Nearby Offbeat Places
- Plaque to Policemen Killed by a World's Fair Bomb, Queens, NY - < 1 mi.
- World's Fair - The Unisphere, Queens, NY - < 1 mi.
- Time Capsules from the 1939 and 1964 World's Fairs, Queens, NY - < 1 mi.
- In the region: Castle Gould - Irish Castle Replica, Port Washington, NY - 11 mi.
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