Talk:World Expo Observatory Towers/@comment-46582591-20200810022155

A few minor corrections. It was the New York World׳s Fair, not World Expo (there is a technical difference- a world expo is a recognized international exposition such as Expo 62 and Expo 67. NY was not recognized by the BIE). The towers were not the Expo Observation Towers, they were part of the NY State pavilion designed by Philip Johnson, the then preeminent US architect. Other than a few appearances on TV and movies they have been abandoned since 1965. Other NYWF pavilions resemble flying saucers or space craft including Johnson Wax, Travelers Insurance and General Electric, General Motors, IBM among others but none remained after the fair (except Johnson Wax but it was moved to Wisconsin). Apparently many of the visitors returned home.

Also, in MIB, when the bug is first shot, the rocket engines in the background are a remnant (since removed) of the US Space Park, another NYWF exhibit but actually located in a different part of the park, abound a half mile from the towers, next to the NY Hall of Science. They were a mock-up of the bottom of a Saturn 5 (moon rocket) primary stage. Only one was preserved in the renovated space park, but much of the space park was still there (abandoned) when the film was shot in the early 90s.

I mean if we are going to nerd out, let’s go all the way. :-)