45 Years Late to the World’s Fair

Originally published November 25, 2009. By the time I got there, it was gone. The World’s Fair, you ask? Nope. I am referring to something far more unbelievable… That’s right: Queens once had an honest-to-God Parks Department-approved fountain named “Fountain of the Planet of the Apes.” And if that’s not odd enough, an identical fountain […] The post 45 Years Late to the World’s Fair appeared…