1964/65 NYWF
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1964/65 NYWF Tag

24 Jul

Posted at 23:05h in Laser Scanning by

The Rocket Thrower sculpture is one of a handful of objects remaining in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park from the 1964/65 New York World’s Fair. Created by Donald De Lue, the bronze statue stands 43 feet high and is located along the Court of the Astronauts hurling a rocket toward the Unisphere....

21 Feb

Posted at 15:24h in Laser Scanning by

The ChronoPoints team is heading to San Diego, well actually La Mesa just outside of San Diego, to capture the Penske-Ford Roundhouse building just prior to its impending demolition. The Roundhouse was inspired by the Ford Pavilion at the 1964/65 New York World's Fair. [caption id="attachment_16272" align="alignleft" width="468"] Ford Pavilion at the World's Fair - Welton Becket[/caption] Upon returning from the World's Fair, the dealership's original owner Elmer Drew, commissioned architect James Hurley to create a structure that invoked the lines noted Los Angeles architect Welton Becket developed for his masterpiece at the Fair. Read more about the Roundhouse demolition in the San Diego Reader.  ...