Worlds Fair Part II

Picked up another 1964/1965 New York World's Fair (Part I here) postcard featuring General Electric's Progressland. Disneyland fans will come to know this show as The Carrousel Of Progress. When the attraction moved to Disneyland, it was stilled sponsored by GE and the architecture of the building was slightly modified.

As a kid, this was one of my favorite attractions. I was thrilled at the use of Animatronics and the fact that the theater rotated was just mind-blowing. (I was nine and easily impressed). For years I would sing the brilliant Sherman Brothers "There's A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" song, but there was always one part that I just couldn't remember. When the internet finally showed up, I was finally able to stop mumbling missing verses and find all of the accurate lyrics. I also remembered seeing Progress City, (Walt Disney's scale model of an urban utopia), but for the longest time I couldn't remember where I had seen it. With the publication of the Nickel Tour, my memory was finally cleared as I discovered that the Carrousel building had a second floor which housed Progress City. But, alas Carrousel of Progress would be replaced by America Sings - a show that I never really embraced. Then, we had a period of inactivity (ten plus years of no show?) to be replaced by the awful Innoventions.

Here's hoping something great will soon move in.