Photographing Vintage Leftovers of New York’s World’s Fairs
TWO WORLD’S FAIRS HOSTED BY A CITY SO NICE IT WAS NAMED TWICE
LOOKING BACK AT THE FUTURE
Photographing Vintage Leftovers of New York’s World’s Fairs
• Over 120 recent never before seen photographs • Lists of remnants from the 1939 and 1964 fairs • Map with two tours of Flushing Meadows Corona Park •Addresses for all known relics in and outside the park
Travel back to the future world of tomorrow to see over 60 World’s Fair relics that still exist. See the 1939 Parachute Jump and 1964 Unisphere. Did you know Bel-Gem Waffles are still made? Discover why the fairs were built, why they were demolished so quickly and why future fairs are unlikely.
LOOKING BACK AT THE FUTURE
Photographing Vintage Leftovers of New York’s World’s Fairs
“Exquisite photographs in full, vivid color combined with exceptional research makes Gloria Nash’s new book, Looking Back at the Future Photographing Vintage Leftovers of New York’s World’s Fairs. The book is a fascinating journey describing in great detail remnants of the 1939 fair that are still in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, then goes on to describe the many remnants that have been moved outside of the park. It does the same for the 1964 fair. Who knew so many structures were still standing! What a joy to take this nostalgic trip filled with so many sweet memories about the future that never quite came.”
― Janet Grandler
GLORIA R NASH of New York City worked as a therapist and teacher before returning to childhood passions of photographing and writing about midcentury roadside architecture and collectibles. She grew up near Howard Johnson’s in Rego Park and the World’s Fair in Queens, which she visited often. A park visit after a 55-year absence inspired this book to celebrate 2024 as the 60th and 85th Anniversaries of the 1964 and 1939 New York World’s Fairs. Gloria is currently working on Part 2 of this pictorial series and is also writing a guide to building websites.
LOOKING BACK AT THE FUTURE
Photographing Vintage Leftovers of New York’s World’s Fairs
