Grand Central Terminal in Perspective
Maquette of Augusta Savage’s Lift Every Voice and Sing (The Harp)
Map of the New York World’s Fair and Approaches
New York: C.S. Hammond & Co., ca. 1939
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Map of the New York World’s Fair and Approaches
The 1939 New York World’s Fair required a large area within the city’s boundaries that was also conveniently accessible to the public. Rather than settle on any existing space, the planners and city officials chose to use the fair as an instrument of urban planning, selecting Flushing Meadows and the Corona Ash Heap to realize their ambitions.
Between groundbreaking at the end of June 1936 and the fair’s opening in April 1939, the ash heap was transformed into Flushing Meadows Park, an extensive project that included the construction of public transportation stations, the completion of Grand Central Parkway, and a marina. This map of the site includes a partial list of exhibition buildings at the bottom and highlights in bold yellow the thoroughfares and transportation lines that would bring fairgoers to the venue.
: Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Currently on View at Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
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