Thursday, August 6, 2009

The World's Fair Mosaics have been restored!

In 2007, QC first brought you the decrepit condition of the World's Fair mosaics at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.

I am pleased to report that they have been fully restored. Updated photos taken yesterday.






12 comments:

Gary the Agnostic said...

Way to go, Crapper. Take a bow. You deserve it.

Anonymous said...

I visited the Queens County Museum where they were being repaired right out in the open, mostly by, I believe, college interns. They were working meticulously and diligently. Thanks guys!!! Great work preserving the history of Queens!!!

Queens Crapper said...

Are you sure they were restoring these at the Queens Museum? I think it was the Texaco Map, which was trashed again shortly thereafter.

Anonymous said...

Those are really nice! Wow. What a beautiful city this can be. Thx, Crappy.

Anonymous said...

Great....now protect them from the elements before they start deteriorating all over again!

Sergey Kadinsky said...

Mazal tov! Now, how about the boathouse nad NYS pavilion?

Anonymous said...

Now I can sleep. Hey Gary, The Crapper had nothing to do with it. It's been planned for a long time. They just informed you you of the condition,they had nothing to do with getting the restoration done.I

Anonymous said...

Really? Well the Parks Department sends out a dopey press release each time it plans to plant a tree. So why no hoopla over this?

Anonymous said...

It wasnt restored by college interns.

The Mosaic got up and recieved a "massagee" on roosevelt and it's feeling better.

CantoErgoSum said...

now the only thing that sucks is that "pavilion" is misspelled.

Anonymous said...

To me this fair is a reminder of when America was America. When I went to that fair as a small child in 1964 America was on top of the world.

How far we have fallen.

Anonymous said...

GREAT! Better world... the power of the press