1964 New York World's Fair

===New York State Pavilion===
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New York played host to the fair at its six-million-dollar open-air pavilion called the "Tent of Tomorrow". Designed by famed modernist architect [[Philip Johnson]], the 350-feet-by-250-feet (107 × 76 m) pavilion was supported by sixteen 100-feet-high (30-metre) concrete columns, from which a 50,000-square-foot (4,600 m<sup>2</sup>) roof of polychrome tiles was suspended. Complementing the pavilion were the fair's three [[observation tower]]s, two of which had cafeterias in their in-the-round observation-deck crowns.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flushing Meadows Corona Park Highlights - New York State Pavilion : NYC Parks |url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/flushing-meadows-corona-park/highlights/12632 |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=www.nycgovparks.org}}</ref> The pavilion's main floor, used for local art and industry displays including a {{convert|26|ft|m|abbr=off|adj=on}} scale reproduction of the [[New York State Power Authority]]'s St. Lawrence hydroelectric plant, comprised a 9,000-square-foot (800 m<sup>2</sup>) [[terrazzo]] replica of the official [[Texaco]] highway map of New York State, displaying the map's cities, towns, routes and Texaco gas stations in 567 mosaic panels.<ref name="cbs-nys-pav">{{cite web|url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/03/25/long-shuttered-n-y-state-pavilion-in-queens-to-reopen-for-3-hours-next-month/ |title=Long-Shuttered N.Y. State Pavilion In Queens To Reopen For 3 Hours Next Month |date=March 25, 2014}}</ref>