1964 World's Fair New York State Pavilion

1964 World's Fair New York State Pavilion, originally uploaded by Mike Soriano.

The New York World's Fair New York State Pavilion is a historic world's fair pavilion at Flushing Meadows – Corona Park in Flushing, Queens, New York. The New York State Pavilion was designed and built between 1962 and 1964. It was designed by famed modernist architect Philip Johnson. It consists of three components of reinforced concrete and steel construction: the "Tent of Tomorrow," Observation Towers, and Theaterama. The "Tent of Tomorrow" is elliptical in plan and its reinforced concrete piers once supported the largest cable suspension roof in the world. The Observation Towers are three concrete towers with the tallest at 226 feet high. The towers have observation platforms once accessed by two "Sky Streak capsule" elevators attached to the tallest western tower. The southern tower has a platform height of 85-feet and the northern tower is at 160-feet. Theaterama was originally a single drum-shaped volume of reinforced concrete. Additions to the original structure were made in 1992-1993 and in 2008-2009. The Theaterama is home to the Queens Theatre in the Park. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.