I wouldn’t have guessed that I’d find myself at that same crossroads now, on a sunny day surrounded by cherry blossoms and lots of little kids. Is this massive, crumbling structure worth waiting four-plus hours to see from the inside and up close? Luckily for you, dear readers, my answer was yes. Or, halfway yes. I never really went inside the structure because I was too busy listening to the carefully selected and edited songs and sounds playing just outside the pavilion. Jim Brown of the New York State Pavilion Paint Project curated tracks for visitors by culling through the top 10 tracks of each week the fair was open in 1964 and 1965. He imagined that, along with the soundtrack created for the fair’s exhibitions and animatronic performances, the hits of the 60’s would echo across the fairgrounds. These songs and a few others I’ve added give us a closer look into the history surrounding the fair and the lasting impact it made.
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