re: #136 Charles Johnson

Other parts of the site have fallen into disrepair. The NYS Pavillion, which is adjacent to the most recognizable part of the fair that remains - the towers (which were prominently featured in Men in Black), is crumbling.

It’s going to take a sizable amount of money to just keep them from falling down, but I think there’s an opportunity to restore them to their former grandeur and make them a tourist destination - with great views of Queens, Manhattan, and the surrounding parks, including the National Tennis Center (where they play the US Open, after they moved from nearby Forest Hills Tennis Center).

nydailynews.com

Oh, and a bit of interesting backstory about the Flushing Meadows site. Used to be swamp. Turned into a dump, which Robert Moses then turned into parks adjacent to his highways (Grand Central/Whitestone Expressway), and then used them for his Worlds Fairs - the later of the two never made money.

And current development plans have Willets Point, which is to the north (and next to Citifield) being transformed from junkyards and repair shops that are essentially off the grid into a retail/housing development.