{"title":"Gloria R. Nash","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"looking-back-at-the-future-photographing-vintage-leftovers-of-new-yorks-worlds-fairs-paperback","title":"Looking Back at the Future: Photographing Vintage Leftovers of New York's World's Fairs - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalk back in time to New York's World's Fairs to ride the Parachute Jump or eat a Bel-Gem Waffle. In 2024 two popular World's Fairs celebrate the 60th and 85th Anniversaries of when elite 20th century architects and artists designed larger than life displays promising a future of joy and peace. Both fairs were failures to organizers, but 96 million visitors remember them as unforgettable triumphs. Ten-year-old Gloria frequently visited the 1964-1965 Fair but had not returned to Flushing Meadows Corona Park until fifty years later when she was inspired to photograph and write this pictorial book. Pavilions were demolished the day the fair closed but the subject of this book are the few that were leftover in the park and others that were relocated around the country. This book celebrates the sixty remnants that survived. Photographed in glorious color, accompanied by historic text and personal remembrances. Addresses of all remnants both inside the park as well as throughout many states in America are listed. There is also a map showing two suggested routes through the park to view leftover remnants from the 1939-1940 Fair, and another tour to view leftover remnants from the 1964-1965 Fair. For World's Fair mastermind Robert Moses, the park was the prize, yet it's the fairs that live on in millions of hearts and minds. World's Fairs are no longer necessary in America, but the need is great for preservation of their history and the joyful memories of 96 million visitors to Queens.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378062491871,"sku":"9781940046006","price":43.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/e9t5AZ7bBd9781940046006.webp?v=1789247815"},{"product_id":"looking-back-at-the-future-photographing-vintage-leftovers-of-new-yorks-worlds-fairs-hardcover","title":"Looking Back at the Future: Photographing Vintage Leftovers of New York's World's Fairs - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalk back in time to New York's World's Fairs to ride the Parachute Jump or eat a Bel-Gem Waffle. Celebrate the 60th and 85th Anniversaries of two popular World's Fairs designed by elite architects and artists whose larger than life displays promised a future of joy and peace. Organizers decided both fairs were failures but for ninety-six-million visitors they were unforgettable triumphs. Ten-year-old Gloria was a frequent visitor to the 1964-1965 Fair. Fifty-years later she returned to Flushing Meadows Corona Park where she was inspired to photograph and write this pictorial book. The day after the fairs closed most pavilions were demolished. This book is about a few leftover relics in the park, and some that relocated around the country. Sixty remnants are in the book, photographed in glorious color and accompanied by historic text with personal remembrances. There is a comprehensive list of addresses for all known remnants, and a map showing two suggested walking tours in the park to view leftovers from both fairs. For World's Fair mastermind Robert Moses this park was the prize, yet for millions of fans of all ages, it is the fairs that live on in their hearts and minds. Contemporary America no longer needs to hold World's Fairs, compelling all of us to preserve the historic legacy of World's Fairs' and joyful memories of ninety-six-million visitors who traveled from all over the world to Queens for a glimpse of the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378101649631,"sku":"9781940046020","price":57.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/RAeA9QStPq9781940046020.webp?v=1789247913"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/gloria-r-nash.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}