Remnants of the World's Fair Tour

Normally: Adult $41.34 - Child $30.74

Admission included with your Sesame Attraction Pass

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Highlights

  • Discover the hidden-in-plain-sight remnants of the 1939/40 and 1964/65 inside Flushing Meadows Corona Park
  • Visit the monument to a 5000-year time capsule
  • View the original guidebooks from each of the World’s Fairs
  • Get a comprehensive history of the past, present, and future of Flushing Meadow-Corona Park, with Insider information from our partners involved with the preservation of the New York State Pavilion
  • Receive reproductions of World’s Fair Maps from both 1939 and 1964
  • Complimentary Admission to the Queens Museum, to admire the Panorama of the City of New York

What You Get

Free admission with the Sesame Attraction Pass.

How To Redeem

After you have purchased your Sesame Attraction Pass, go to your account to book your ticket.

Hours of operation

Tour times: 1:00pm
Duration: 2 Hours

Address

Remnants of the World's Fair Tour

Meeting Point: The group meets at the David Dinkin’s Circle, right outside the park and US Tennis Association entrance. Your guide will be standing by the picnic tables with an 'Untapped New York' sign.

How To Get There: By Subway: 7 train to the Mets-Willets subway station
By car: we recommend you park at the Queens Museum, where we will end this tour. The meeting location is less than 10 minutes walk from the Queens Museum

Description

Didn’t make it to the 1939/40 or 1964/65 World’s Fairs? Well here’s your chance.

This tour will uncover numerous remnants of both fairs, with a focus on the hidden time capsules, the Fountain of the Planets, the Unisphere, and the historic New York State Pavilion. And if you did attend back in the day, revisit the park and add color by telling us your story!

Flushing Meadows-Corona Park has lived many lives from marshy tidal wetlands to an early 20th Century ash dump, to the site of not one, but two World’s Fairs.

This tour explores the past, present, and future of this 900 acre park which was an obsession of the late “Master Builder,” Robert Moses. Join playwright, author, and Untapped Cities Tour guide, Justin Rivers as he leads you on a journey through Flushing Meadows’ many unnoticed treasures.

The tour ends at the Queens Museum where the New York Panorama, a 1964 World’s Fair remnant is on hand for viewing. It’s a must-see for any New Yorker or anyone visiting New York.

Please Note:
This tour is mostly outdoors.
The tour is ADA accessible, once your purchase is complete please send an email to tours@untappedcities.com explaining your needs and be sure to include your name, date of reservation, tour name and Sesame Unlimited ticket number.