New York City Building from 1939 World’s Fair

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World’s Fair pavilion exhibition building historic building

The New York City Building from the 1939 World’s Fair is a historic exhibition structure in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park that later served as the temporary home of the United Nations and now houses the Queens Museum.

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Label	Occurrences
New York City Building from 1939 World’s Fair canonical	1
New York City Building from 1964–1965 World’s Fair	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World’s Fair pavilion ⓘ exhibition building ⓘ historic building ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	New York City Pavilion NERFINISHED ⓘ Queens Museum building NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Modernist architecture ⓘ
borough	Queens ⓘ
category	Buildings and structures in Queens, New York ⓘ Former United Nations headquarters ⓘ World’s fair architecture ⓘ
city	New York City ⓘ
constructedFor	1939 New York World’s Fair NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
currentTenant	Queens Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasExhibit	Panorama of the City of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFunction	exhibition space ⓘ international organization headquarters ⓘ museum building ⓘ
hasRoleIn	cultural life of Queens ⓘ history of the United Nations ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic structure ⓘ
houses	Queens Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Flushing Meadows–Corona Park NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ Queens ⓘ
locatedInPark	Flushing Meadows–Corona Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	continuous use since the 1939 World’s Fair ⓘ housing the Panorama of the City of New York ⓘ role as temporary home of the United Nations ⓘ
openedIn	1939 ⓘ
operator	Queens Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
owner	New York City ⓘ surface form: City of New York
partOf	Flushing Meadows–Corona Park historic fairgrounds NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Queens, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
subsequentUse	art museum ⓘ municipal exhibition space ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century architecture in New York City ⓘ
usedAs	temporary headquarters of the United Nations ⓘ
usedBy	United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedDuring	1939–1940 New York World’s Fair NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	art displays ⓘ community programs ⓘ public exhibitions ⓘ
useEndDate	1950 ⓘ
useStartDate	1946 ⓘ

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Queens Museum → occupiesFormer → New York City Building from 1939 World’s Fair ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City Building from 1964–1965 World’s Fair