The 1964 New York State Pavilion
by Chris Lord
Title
The 1964 New York State Pavilion
Artist
Chris Lord
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
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The New York State Pavilion. Remains of the 1964 Worlds Fair in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, New York City, USA.
You cant miss the towers topped by flying saucers, surrounded by 100-foot-high (30-meter-high) concrete pillars. This was the New York State Pavilion, where visitors rode elevators to an observation deck above an enormous suspended roof of translucent colored tiles. Today the structure is padlocked, rusted and cracked, with preservationists and critics fighting over its future.
But on April 22nd they opened the doors. I got to stand in a very long line and wait for three hours for my opportunity to wear one of 65 hard hats for ten minutes inside the pavilion during which I quickly shot off a great many exposure with my full frame SONY A7r and Zeiss 24-70mm FE lens. This includes the 11 36MP vertical exposures seen here stitched, cropped and tweaked in Photoshop.
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April 23rd, 2014
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Comments (7)
Bob Orsillo
I was there in 64 :) Chris this fantastic - beautifully done! L/F
Chris Lord replied:
Hi Bob, must have been fun back in 64. I didn't get here until 71 so missed all of that, Happy to get those memory neurons moving for you, thanks for the kind words.
Chris Lord
WOW! Another FEATURE! This time my thanks go out to JOUKO LEHTO, the hard working host of the group "ART FROM THE PAST" I'm honored and very grateful Jouko, thanks very much.
Chris Lord
Cool Beans!! I'm honored to mention that LENORE SENIOR has also awarded this image a FEATURE in the group "OLD MASTERS - PHOTOGRAPHERS and DIGITAL" Much appreciated Lenore, thank you.
Chris Lord
I am very pleased and honored to announce that JACK TORCELLO has very generously awarded a FEATURE to this image in the "Artful Photo Topaz Adjust Photomatix HDR " group. Thanks very much Jack, cheers
Meg Shearer
This is fantastic! Beautiful shot and beautiful treatment! Very futuristic feeling. Excellent work Chris, and thank you for the history! L/F!!!!
Chris Lord replied:
So sorry for tardy response Meg, I've been a bit lazy about my daily rounds lately! However your wonderful comment is no less appreciated for being read a few days late. Thank you very much indeed, you are always so kind. Cheers
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