{"nrhp_refnum":"09000942","name":"1964-1965 New York World's Fair New York State Pavilion","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Flushing Meadows-Corona Park","address_restricted":false,"city":"Flushing","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.837377606000075,"lon":-73.84079961499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-11-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Art","Education","Engineering","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A World's Fair pavilion complex in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, made up of the Tent of Tomorrow, the Observation Towers and the Theaterama. Philip Johnson (of Philip Johnson and Richard Foster) designed and built it in 1962-1964 for the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the Pavilion is significant under Criteria A and C. It is a surviving work of the 1964-65 World's Fair and of Philip Johnson's Modern Movement design. It retains integrity of location, design, materials, workmanship, association and feeling. Its engineering included what was then the largest cable suspension roof in the world.","narrative":"Three connected components in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park make up the New York State Pavilion, built for the 1964-1965 World's Fair and designed by architect Philip Johnson with Richard Foster. The Tent of Tomorrow is an elliptical structure whose slip-formed concrete columns carried what was then the world's largest cable suspension roof, enclosing a terrazzo floor with a map of New York State. Nearby, three Observation Towers of concrete shafts and steel platforms rise as high as 226 feet. The third part is the Theaterama, a drum-shaped concrete building later converted into the Queens Theater in the Park and enlarged in 1992-1993 and 2008-2009. The three parts share simple curved geometry, exposed concrete and painted steel, originally set off by red, yellow and blue accents. The Pavilion was listed for its association with the Fair and for its Modern Movement design and engineering, and it retains much of its original character despite lost finishes and removed elevators.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Philip Johnson (1906-2005) of Philip Johnson and Richard Foster","architectural_style":"Modern Movement","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The Tent of Tomorrow and Observation Towers are listed as vacant; the Theaterama is now the Queens Theater in the Park, with additions made in 1992-1993 and 2008-2009.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.34941-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/09000942.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000942/17d5963236-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000942/17d5963236-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Nothereeither","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queens_-_New_York_State_Pavilion_-_20140804112051.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nothereeither</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queens_-_New_York_State_Pavilion_-_20140804112051.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321054","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Pavilion","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4571746"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/1964-1965-new-york-worlds-fair-new-york-state-pavilion-09000942/"}