Remembering the New York World's Fair of 1939

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"Designing Tomorrow: America's World Fairs of the 1930's" opened at the Museum of the City of New York  December 5, featuring a core traveling exhibition organized by the National Building Museum, which was then expanded and adapted by the City Museum.

New York’s celebrated World’s Fair of 1939-40, held in the newly built Flushing Meadows Park in Queens, drew millions of visitors with its promise to reveal “The World of Tomorrow.” As one of the last – and the largest – of six world’s fairs that were held in the United States in the 1930s, the New York fair was the culmination of years of planning that looked to design, science, and technology to alleviate the bleak conditions of the Depression and create a brighter future.

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Long Island Groundhog Sees Shadow, Staten Island Groundhog Does Not

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MALVERNE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- Groundhogs in the Tri-State Area Saturday did not agree on whether there would be six more weeks of winter.

As 1010 WINS’ Carol D’Auria reported and WCBS 880’s Sophia Hall reported, groundhog Staten Island Chuck had good news Saturday for those who are weary of winter, but groundhog Malverne Mel on Long Island said the area might as well get used to more wintry weather to come.

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Insofar as me and my shadow are concerned, we're not on speaking terms these days.

Winter's First Snow in Coney Island by Bruce Handy

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It's about time it snowed! In past years, ATZ has posted Bruce Handy's first snow of the season photos in December and once in October during the weather event known as Snowtober. "I was on the beach near the water earlier about 5, when I felt the wind shift, all the seagulls took off, the snow front had arrived," says the Coney Island resident and photographer, who took this series of photos on Friday night.

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When it snows there, Coney Island seems to acquire a look of reverberating yet suspended excitement.  

Dolphin Dies After Getting Stranded In Gowanus Canal

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The dolphin that appeared to have lost its way and became stranded in the Gowanus Canal died early Friday evening.

The wayward animal stopped moving shortly after 5:30 p.m. after getting wedged between a rock and a pillar below the Union Street Bridge, 1010 WINS' Sonia Rincon reported.

Witnesses said they saw the dolphin flop around and struggle and hit its head against a pillar before it stopped moving and began floating.

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This poor creature shared a similar fate with that of the whale that washed ashore in Queens last month. We're lately seeing more and more of these unfortunate occurrences in and around the NYC area.

The pleasure gardens of Lower Manhattan

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Pleasure gardens: The term sounds dreamy and enchanting.

And for 18th and 19th century city residents, these gardens definitely were: recreational spaces open day and night that featured landscaped grounds, lights, music, theater, fountains, and grottos.

Kind of a cross between a botanical garden, country club, and the Playboy mansion, pleasure gardens offered a coed social scene plus the latest fancy refreshments—the alcoholic kind as well as the new craze: ice cream.

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A Sunny Morning in the Lower East Side

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Modernity, with people. I don't recall the purpose of this building, but I'm not sure I care for the look. Maybe it does serve a function, other than looking like it is going to tip over?

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color Sunday #16 - red

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Now that the markings on the walkway of the Brooklyn Bridge are a neutral white. It's the people who give it the color. Like these three here.

Have a nice Sunday!

Retro swimwear at Coney Island!

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Last weeks heat wave was intense and what better way to spend it than at Coney Island with my favorite gal pal sipping lemonade out of Nathan's jumbo cups enjoying the scenery of this beautiful place! I hadn't seen my friend Ingrid in months because she's been in Miami so it was a nice day to catch up and check out Coney Island's new look.

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