By Denise W., January 28, 2021 — In 1964, I was 9 years old and I had the pleasure of attending the New York World’s Fair. One of the exhibits I particularly enjoyed was “It’s a Small World.” Delightful songs played as puppets swirled around representing each country and the residents of that country. And then at the end, the countries came together, all the children were together at the end, and they played again “It’s a Small World. “
I remember a Spiro, like a Unisphere, it was similar to when you go to Epcot, that huge globe. That was good. They had a panorama of New York City and jet packs that represented the future of technology. I remember eating Belgium waffles with fruit for the first time and I really enjoyed that.
I realized that I did see Michelangelo’s Pieta in bulletproof glass, they had the original sculpture flown in from Italy. I forgot I saw that and then had a scale model of what was the World Twin Towers. I remember this RCA color TV studio which when you walked by you could see yourself on TV, which in those days was pretty exciting because you could see yourself in color.
General Motors had an exhibit that showed us highways on the moon, commuter spacecraft, an underwater hotel, and something we use a lot today, covered moving walkways; I’m thinking particularly of airports. FaceTime, they showed, I thought about The Jetsons at the time, in which they showed that you could see the person that you’re speaking with while you’re speaking, so that was FaceTime now.
There were live animals in the African pavilion, and I remember the Sinclair oil exhibit, they had large replicas of dinosaurs. There was the State of New York pavilion in which they had 500 mosaic panels. We also saw Spanish art displayed by original Spanish artists, for example, Pablo Picasso. And the last thing they showed a lot of IBM computer technology that we use today. So, it was a wonderful trip, one of the best I have ever taken in my life. Very enjoyable.