New York State Pavilion - The Pavilion at Flushing Meadows – Crown Park in New York's Queens Borough , built for the 1964 World's Fair.
| New York landmark | |
| New York State Pavilion | |
|---|---|
| English New york state pavilion | |
| Construction period | 1962-1964 |
| Included in NRHP with | November 20, 2009 |
| Style | googie |
| Materials | reinforced concrete , steel |
| Height | 69 m |
| Square | 0.4 ha |
| Architect | Philip Johnson , Leo Tsetlin |
| Location | |
| Address | Queens , Flushing Meadows – Crown Park |
| Site | newyorkstatepavilion.org |
The design was designed by architects Philip Johnson , and engineer Lev Tsetlin [1] . In particular, Tsetlin developed the design of the elliptical enclosure of the pavilion, called the "Tent of Tomorrow" ( Eng. Tent of Tomorrow ). Its roof was made of plexiglass panels , which were attached to cables stretched between sixteen 31-meter reinforced concrete columns [2] . At the time of the opening of the pavilion, it was the world's highest suspended roof. Its total weight was 2000 tons [3] .
Near the "Tent" are three towers 18, 46 and 69 meters high. In the lower two towers during the World Exhibition there were cafeterias , and on the upper there was a viewing platform. They could be reached with the Sky Streak capsule elevator attached to the highest (western) tower [4] .
The pavilion exhibited New York State achievements. So, it presented an 8-meter layout of a hydroelectric power station on the St. Lawrence River and a floor map of the state with an area of about 840 m², made by Texaco . In addition, the “Theater” complex was located in the pavilion, in which, among others, the works of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein were exhibited. In total, 6 million people visited the pavilion during the exhibition [5] .
The towers of the pavilion became one of the key places in the film " People in Black " in 1997. One of the sites is presented in it as an alien ship [6] [7] .
In 2009, the pavilion was included in the US National Register of Historic Places [8] . However, as of 2013-2014, he was in a deplorable state [2] [9] [10] .
Pavilion in 2009
Close view in 2010
Notes
- ↑ Norval White, Elliot Willensky, Fran Leadon. New York State Pavilion // AIA Guide to New York City. - 5. - Oxford University Press, 2010 .-- 1088 p. - ISBN 0199758646 .
- ↑ 1 2 Lisa L. Colangelo. Seeking new visions for a World's Fair relic in Flushing Meadows Corona Park . NY Daily News (October 1, 2013). Date of treatment February 6, 2014.
- ↑ Bruce Lambert. Lev Zetlin, 74, an Expert on Structural Disasters . The New York Times (December 5, 1992). Date of treatment February 6, 2014.
- ↑ City begins stripping Sky Streak's two rotting '64 World's Fair elevators . New York Daily News.
- ↑ Flushing Meadows Corona Park Highlights - New York State Pavilion . nycgovparks.org. Date of treatment February 6, 2014.
- ↑ Long-Shuttered NY State Pavilion To Reopen For 3 Hours Next Month . CBS New York (March 25, 2014). Date of treatment April 9, 2014.
- ↑ Debate rages over World's Fair towers featured in 'Men in Black' . Daily Mail (April 4, 2014). Date of treatment April 9, 2014.
- ↑ National Register of Historic Places Listings . nps.gov. Date of treatment February 6, 2014.
- ↑ Zoe Rosenberg. Parks dept. Forums Will Decide New York State Pavilion's Fate - Preservation Battles . Curbed NY (January 24, 2014). Date of treatment February 6, 2014.
- ↑ Lisa L. Colangelo. Preserving crumbling World's Fair icon could cost at least $ 43M . NY Daily News (November 19, 2013). Date of treatment February 6, 2014.