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Subject: [Leica] 1964 World's fair pics
From: r.s.taylor_post at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 19:43:20 -0400
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Hmmmm...  maybe I don't want to go back after all.    ;-)

Regards,

Dick
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On May 9, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Javier Perez wrote:

>
> I think I took the pictures fairly early in the morning but I don't  
> quite remember anymore.
>
> I don't think it would be that crowded later in the day since it's  
> a  large park and there
>
> isn't that much to do there except walk around.
>
>
>
> http://www.wikimapia.org/ 
> #lat=40.7463791&lon=-73.8451195&z=16&l=0&m=a&v=2
>
>
>
> Going back there was kind of a let down. I've become accustomed to  
> the forest parks of
>
> northern Manhattan and and farther north. When I returned to the  
> park proper for the first
>
> time in more than twenty years, I was left wondering what I had  
> thought was so special
>
> about it other than the old fair structures!
>
>
>
> Javier
>
>
>
>> From: r.s.taylor_post at comcast.net
>> To: lug at leica-users.org
>> Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 14:50:28 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] 1964 World's fair pics
>>
>> Interesting to see what the grounds look like now. I'm surprised to
>> see it so empty of people. I thought this was supposed to become one
>> of the City's busiest parks.
>>
>> The last two NY fairs were in times of social upheaval. Maybe things
>> have just been to quiet of late.
>>
>> Both prior fairs had futuristic themes, too. I think you'd have to do
>> something else today, unless this recession hangs on for years and
>> years.
>>
>> I'm glad you enjoyed the pictures.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Dick
>> r.s.taylor_post at comcast.net
>>
>>
>>
>> On May 9, 2009, at 6:13 AM, Javier Perez wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Everyone
>>>
>>> Thanks for the insights. I kinda had a feeling a lot of you guys
>>> knew a lot about the 64 fair, Special thanks to Jim Shulmanm and
>>> Richard Taylor for your pics. I forwarded trhe links to other camera
>>> groups and it seems a lot of people managed to be there or have some
>>> connection to the place. The pics really do have a time capsule
>>> quality to them. I guess that fair was really the last hoorah of a
>>> bygone era. It would be impossible to have that sort of thing today.
>>> Nobody would show up just to hear about new gadgets and the way
>>> things might be in the future. I think people back then were not
>>> just more optimistic about the future but also more curious about
>>> technology.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyway I was looking through some pics I shot last year of the
>>> "ruins" of the fair that are still standing. These aren't the pro
>>> grade photos you guys are used to shooting so don't expect that sort
>>> of thing. They are just weekend pics. I posted them to photobucket
>>> in case anybody's interested in seeing them.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://s633.photobucket.com/albums/uu58/summarex/1964%20World 
>>> %20Fair/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Also have a look at the Shea Stadium pics taken a few months before
>>> they demolished it.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://s633.photobucket.com/albums/uu58/summarex/Shea/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> BTW: I think the the heliport building is still open and they have a
>>> restaurant. If you guys want to have a lug type get-together there
>>> I'd be glad to attend.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Later
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Javier
>>>
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