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New York World's Fair
There have been two
World's fairs
in
New York City
:
1939 New York World's Fair
(
1939
-
1940
) at Flushing Meadow in
Queens
gave us
Futurama
and the Trylon and Perisphere. David Gelertner has written a fictionalized account of the fair 'The Lost World of the Fair'
1964 New York World's Fair
(
1964
-
1965
), also at Flushing Meadow Queens. One of its more memorable structures was the
Unisphere
.
The site became a park and home to New York's
Shea Stadium
where the
New York Mets
play.