The 1964 New York Worlds Fair featured an innovative monorail system, symbolizing futuristic urban transportation. Manufactured by American Machine and Foundry, the monorail offered visitors a glimpse into the potential of mass transit. The sleek, elevated trains ran on a one-mile loop around the fairgrounds in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, showcasing the fairs theme of Peace Through Understanding. Despite initial excitement, the monorail faced technical issues and low ridership, overshadowed by other attractions like the Unisphere and the Its a Small World exhibit. After the fair ended in 1965, the monorail was dismantled and largely forgotten, leaving behind a legacy of what could have been a transformative mode of urban transit.

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ITS HISTORY - Weekly Tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash.

Video Chapters:
0:00 New Yorks LOST Monorail
0:38 Gyroscope Monorail Disaster
2:09 Worlds Fair Brings Rise to New Yorks Monorail
5:48 New Yorks Monorail Becomes Neglected


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