Queens Museum Panorama of the City of New York

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The Queens Museum Panorama of the City of New York is a massive, meticulously detailed scale model of all five boroughs, originally created for the 1964 World’s Fair and now serving as a unique, immersive representation of the city’s built environment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World’s Fair exhibit ⓘ
architectural model ⓘ
museum exhibit ⓘ
scale model ⓘ
areaCovered approximately 9,335 square feet ⓘ
commissionedBy New York City Department of Parks ⓘ
Robert Moses ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdFor 1964 New York World’s Fair ⓘ
depicts Brooklyn ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Queens ⓘ
Staten Island ⓘ
The Bronx ⓘ
all five boroughs of New York City ⓘ
designedBy Raymond Lester & Associates ⓘ
exhibitedAt Queens Museum ⓘ
function educational exhibit ⓘ
representation of New York City’s built environment ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
heritage iconic artifact of the 1964 New York World’s Fair ⓘ
lighting simulated day and night cycles (in some periods of exhibition) ⓘ
locatedIn Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Queens ⓘ
location Queens Museum ⓘ
materialUsed paint ⓘ
plastic ⓘ
wood ⓘ
name Panorama of the City of New York ⓘ
notableFeature includes every building in New York City constructed before the early 1990s (with later updates for some structures) ⓘ
includes miniature representations of major bridges and highways ⓘ
includes model of John F. Kennedy International Airport ⓘ
includes model of LaGuardia Airport ⓘ
linked to: LaGuardia Airport

visitors view the model from elevated walkways ⓘ
numberOfBuildingsDepicted over 800,000 ⓘ
ownership Queens Museum ⓘ
scale 1:1200 ⓘ
subjectOf documentary films about New York City and the World’s Fair ⓘ
museum tours ⓘ
scholarly articles on urban representation ⓘ
updatedFor 1970s urban changes ⓘ
1992 model update ⓘ
2009 model update ⓘ
worldsFairPavilion New York City Pavilion ⓘ
yearCompleted 1964 ⓘ

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Flushing Meadows–Corona Park → hasLandmark → Queens Museum Panorama of the City of New York ⓘ