#INTHEAIREVERYWHERE
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| Vol. 23 No. 35 | Thursday
September 5,
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60 For 60 Parabolic Arches |
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York City has a way to inspire people attending the U.S. Open Tennis next
year at the beloved host venue for the "Matches", beautiful Flushing
Meadows Park.Eleven parabolic arches, proclaiming “Peace Through Understanding”; each 60 feet tall appeared at entry points across the 646 acres of the 1964-65 New York World's Fair that took off here 60 years ago on April 22,1964. Today the Arches with the elegant branding "Peace Through Understanding" suspended near their apex are all long gone. The one Arch that still exists today is situated at the site of the 5,200 seat Island Garden Arena on Hempstead Turnpike now demolished, that was owned and operated by Arnold ‘Whitey’ Carlson. I remember the Arch from my days of working for the New York Nets Basketball Team, that was owned by my friend, the late great Roy Boe. We spent time at the Arena watching all Nets home games before the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (that Roy inspired) was built. I used to eat in the Diner outside Island Garden and always wondered what the Arch was? Roy told me, “the Arch was moved here from the 1964 World’s Fair." The Arch and the diner are still there. Today undefeated in the game of survival, a World’s Fair Arch from six decades ago finds work as a billboard for a shopping center. Been thinking now that it is 2024, and there is movement toward preservation of the half dozen former World’s Fair Buildings, how cool would it be to move an iconic Arch back to its rightful place somewhere, greeting millions of annual visitors at Flushing Meadows Park? Why not bring back that universal message “Peace Through Understanding”? Put a little love in everybody’s day beats a punch in the nose, we say. Speaking of survival, maybe a genuine hero and a very great human being could cut a dedication ribbon for a returned Arch at the Park? His name is Lou Carnesecca who turns 100 years of age next January 5, 2025. “Sweet Lou” went to work for Roy as Coach of the Nets, so he worked at Island Garden in the shadow of the Arch. Recently we talked to Lou, the great winningest coach at St. John's University. We discovered each other again waiting in line at our local Rite-Aid Drug Store getting our meds. We could all use “Peace Through Understanding” I enthused. “Remember to stay between the lines,” Coach Carneseca advised. GDA  (Editor’s
Note: When it comes to preservation at an airport, (where all of us in one
way or the other work), with thanks to you, dear reader for your support,
air cargo has made a difference.In 1980, together we saved LaGuardia Airport’s Marine Air Terminal (MAT) by having it declared a historic landmark. So despite the recent USD$8 billion dollar rebuild end-to-end at LGA airport, MAT could not be touched and lives on in 2024 to impact and inspire future generations of aviation enthusiasts and travellers alike. |
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Publisher-Geoffrey Arend • Managing
Editor-Flossie Arend • Editor Emeritus-Richard Malkin |
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