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[Adding Citicorp to Panorama]

Collection: Collection on the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair
Date: 1978 Material: height: 5 x width: 7 inches
Creator: Bilick, Phyllis Identifier: aql:2229 T2004.1.260bWF64 QMOA

Description: Queens Museum Director Janet Schneider and Citicorp representatives add Citicorp (later renamed Citigroup Center and then 601 Lexington Avenue) on the Panorama of the City of New York. The Panorama, a large scale model of New York City, was originally constructed for the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair and later became a permanent exhibition. The Panorama has been updated over time to reflect the changing architecture and landscape of New York City.

Collection : aql:5839; vital:1

Creator : Bilick, Phyllis

Date : 1978

Summary/Description : Queens Museum Director Janet Schneider and Citicorp representatives add Citicorp (later renamed Citigroup Center and then 601 Lexington Avenue) on the Panorama of the City of New York. The Panorama, a large scale model of New York City, was originally constructed for the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair and later became a permanent exhibition. The Panorama has been updated over time to reflect the changing architecture and landscape of New York City.

Subject : Panoramic maps; Models (Clay, plaster, etc.); Skyscrapers

Rights : This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.

Coverage : Queens (New York, N.Y.) Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.)

Type : black-and-white prints (photographs)

Format : height: 5 x width: 7 inches

Identifier : aql:2229 T2004.1.260bWF64 QMOA

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Panoramic maps; Models (Clay, plaster, etc.); Skyscrapers
Rights Notice
This object is part of the collection of the Queens Museum, and was cataloged with the generous support of the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) as part of a Cataloging Hidden and Special Collections and Archives grant project, in collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Queens Library. These objects cannot be accessed at the Queens Library. Please contact info@queensmuseum.org in order to learn more about the object or to access it.