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Queens and Long Island volunteers are stepping up efforts to save a futuristic symbol of the New York World's Fair as celebrations marking the international exhibition's 50th anniversary are being planned.
The 1964-65 fair's gleaming centerpiece - the towering silver Unisphere - has been preserved. The volunteers hope to do the same for the New York State Pavilion, which has been shuttered for decades.
The group recently raised $4,000 to give the crumbling pavilion a fresh coat of paint.
A planned unveiling tomorrow between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. will give the public its first opportunity in 27 years to stand among the pavilion's three space-age towers, which featured the fair's highest observation deck, 227 feet in the air.
As a...