Dr. Pazel G. Jackson Clip 1: World's Fair's Construction Delays
Collection: Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Dr. Pazel G. Jackson
Date: Time Period: 1964; 2014-08-29; Interview recorded: Aug 29, 2014
Material: Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Audition. Dimension:
Total running time: 0:02:22
Creator: Pazel Jackson interviewed by Abigail Banks
Identifier: aql:18382 jackson_pazel_clip1
Description: Construction of the 1964 World's Fair was mostly on-time, but not without some delays. Some structures were not completed when the Fair started. One week before the opening, a press tour of the Fair grounds was given. The guides were instructed to avoid the incomplete buildings and not talk about them, but Gen. Whipple's car took a wrong turn and he spoke about the incomplete structures. He was fired when the New York Times published an article about these structures the day after.
Creator :
Pazel Jackson interviewed by Abigail Banks
Date :
Time Period: 1964; 2014-08-29; Interview recorded: Aug 29, 2014
Summary/Description :
Construction of the 1964 World's Fair was mostly on-time, but not without some delays. Some structures were not completed when the Fair started. One week before the opening, a press tour of the Fair grounds was given. The guides were instructed to avoid the incomplete buildings and not talk about them, but Gen. Whipple's car took a wrong turn and he spoke about the incomplete structures. He was fired when the New York Times published an article about these structures the day after.
Subject :
New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation; New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Moses, Robert, 1888-1981
Relation :
Queens Museum Oral History Project Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Dr. Pazel G. Jackson
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Locations discussed: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, NY Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type :
Oral history
Format :
Digital audio recording made using Zoom H2 digital recorder and Adobe Audition.; Total running time: 0:02:22
Identifier :
aql:18382 jackson_pazel_clip1
Subject:
New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation; New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Moses, Robert, 1888-1981
New York World's Fair 1964-1965 Corporation; New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.); Moses, Robert, 1888-1981
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