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...fair, by all means, but keep in mind that Flushing Meadow is filled with hundreds of pavilions, rides, restaurants and hawkers, all competing for the fair-goer's attention, time and cash. The way to get the most for all three is to start with a plan. A few pointers: not all the best shows are at the end of the longest lines, and it can be safely assumed that the line will be half as long inside as out; admission to most pavilions is free, but where it is not, the charge is usually $1 or less...
...well to remember that Flushing Meadow is filled with hundreds of pavilions, rides, restaurants and hawkers, and every one of them is competing for the fairgoer's attention, time and dollar. The one good way to get the most for all three is to have a plan. A few pointers: not all of the best shows are at the end of the longest lines (it can justifiably be assumed that the line will be half as long inside as out); most pavilions are free, but those that charge usually are less than $1; the restaurants are generally expensive...
...Fair. It had been previewed, opened, featured, highlighted and was even beginning to produce its own cliches. But there had been no intensive critique of it in the sense that, say, a theater critic reviews a play. McPhee and Researcher Nancy Gay Faber went to and from Flushing Meadow by car, subway, train and hydrofoil, walked and rode through the grounds, stood in the longest lines, went to literally every pavilion, park and exhibit. One day McPhee took two of his daughters, aged three and five, and stayed for more than ten hours. "They were so continuously fascinated," he said...
...amusement-park types all reaching for him, a fairgoer is lost without a plan, since it is possible to spend a whole day in a series of places that might better be avoided for a whole lifetime. A casual browser is better off in Death Valley than in Flushing Meadow, and the fair's avenues and promenades are already lined with the whitening bones of people who did not read up on the fair and map out their itineraries in advance...
Showmanship has become the respected and well-paid partner of industry. And the best fruits of this partnership are crammed in ordered profusion onto the 646 acres of Flushing Meadow (the site of New York's 1939 World's Fair), across the East River from the front office...