Thanks Kaye, nice to see footage from the 1930s.

Fantastic share, thank you Kaye

https://www.wnyc.org/ is the local NPR radio station that runs Gothamist. You can stream their programming (not sure if it's available internationally)

IMO a good source of NYC (and beyond) discussions and news

This is great, Kate, thank you. Such a lot of great reading to be had. I have fallen into a rabbit hole for the past hour and there are many more hours of exploring there by following the links. Also the WNYC streaming works just fine here.

There are remnants of the 1939 Fair. The street layout of Flushing Meadows Park is essentially the same and was reused for the second fair to save money. Both fairs failed to provide the expected sums to build a park and the site was cleared of exhibit buildings and planted with grass. The iconic Perisphere was about the diameter of the Unisphere if you include the satellite orbits. The adjoining Trylon was a bit over 600 feet high and would have been a problem for present day LGA planes. Both were built with plaster board exteriors on a steel frame and demolished after the fair. The Queens Museum of Art is in a recycled building from 1939. There are two time capsules buried 50 feet deep in the park. These are supposed to be opened in about 5,000 years if you care to stick around. Gone is the branch of the Queens Blvd. subway that ran along the Van Wyck to a modernistic station just south of the LIE.

McWhippet - Thanks for the confirmation about the streaming and, hopefully, as rabbit holes go it's a pleasant or at least informative one

Fox - I hadn't realized there was a spur subway line for the fairs. Where did it run? From the Kew Gardens E/F stop? Above ground? Was it a one seat ride?

OK, so Fox sent me down the subway history rabbit hole https://untappedcities.com/2016/02/18/nycs-lost-worlds-fair-ind-subway-line-of-1939-and-1940/

If I'm understanding it correctly, the spur was demolished and the 7 train station was promoted for going to the 64/65 fair https://www.worldsfairphotos.com/nywf64/subway.htm Interesting!

Guessing residential development may have thwarted any spur line redevelopment from Queens Boulevard

very nice to see. Thanks for sharing.