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With 200,000 people a day still pushing through the turnstiles at Flushing Meadow, the smart fairgoer will want to plan his time to avoid the crush. Since most of the crowd seems perfectly content to spend long hours waiting to get into G.M., G.E. and other popular industrial exhibits, it's best to leave these until after dinner when the lines are usually shorter. Meanwhile there are 646 acres to investigate, crammed with endless variety. Start with an itinerary in mind, take it slow and easy, cover the grounds section by section, and a day at the fair...
With the children headed back to school, the fair becomes an adult festival. Fair buffs have learned to travel to Flushing Meadow in comfortable shoes and with a survival kit of essential items: sunglasses, sweater, tissues, folding raincoat -and folding money. For newcomers, the most essential items are forethought and a daily itinerary. Those who have time to explore it section by section will find the fair's 646 acres worth the effort. Some forethoughts...
...fair, like the Carlsbad Caverns, the Little Bighorn battle site and the Newfane (Vt.) Inn, is worth a visit if you happen to be in the neighborhood. The locals who live within easy distance of Flushing Meadow by subway, train or highway keep going back there and to date have actually outnumbered tourists at the turnstiles. In any case, it takes at least several trips to sample the top attractions. Some of them are even worth the long wait in line...
...make sure that the billion-dollar bazaar would not only repay every last penny it cost, but also would even show a $99 million surplus. New York City hotels, stores and restaurants also counted confidently on record profits from hordes of tourists attracted by the extravaganza in Flushing Meadow. By last week, well into the second half of its first season, it was clear that the fair, while no fizzle, was no bonanza either...
What They Go For. Actually, the fair's most conspicuous successes-and failufes-both clearly show that most people do not go out to Flushing Meadow for conventional entertainment. After all, they reason, they can go to a show in Manhattan. What does lure them to the fair is its impressive array of industrial and cultural pavilions-nearly all admission-free. More visitors (28%) comment on its "educational value" than any other aspect of the fair save its sheer "magnitude." Judging from the lines in front of the G.E., IBM, G.M. and Ford pavilions, the average fairgoer wants...