A new park from Wagi and citytrader

[Citytrader]

Continuing past the Pike, Embassy Row comes into view. Countries from all over the world came to Saint Louis to exibit.

The building of the Kingdom of Siam;

This structure houses the Netherlands and it's beautiful tulip beds;

One of the larger exibits was the German Pavilion, with a recreation of the Alps, Biergarten, Restaurant, and lovely scenery;

Tired feet? Try riding one of those new fangled Autobuses, guaranteed to get you around the park at six miles an hour!

 

[Citytrader]

Thanks for the likes guys!

Filming a commercial for Disney's America;

The Grand Carousel is one of the highlights of the St. Louis World's Fair!

Here's another great shot of the Biergarten!

The Cascades spill out from under the Festival Hall down into the lagoon;

 

[Wagi]

The Alps are cutouts. Surprisingly similar to what they used at the actual fair in 1904!

And yes, they are available in the Workshop...

The Autobus is modeled on one they actually had at the fair...well, as close as I could make it anyways...

I didn't try to replicate too many actual fair buildings, they were huge and very ornate, but hopefully you'll get a feel for the real thing on a smaller scale...

Also used a number of buildings from the Workshop, either whole (like the Siam Pavilion or Grand Carousel building), or parts of (like the rotundas on the sides of the central arch...).

 

[Citytrader]

Back to the Louisiana Purchase Exibition of 1904 as imagined by the Disney team!

The Pennsylvania State Exibition building;

A classic Cignet ride;

The imposing Palace of Fine Arts;

The Magic Whirlpool ride;

More of this ride soon!

 

[horizons1]

I want to go! I saw that little hint of the 1939 NYWF and am so excited to see that. Have always been a fan of that fair.

 

[Citytrader]

The 1939 World's Fair will be on bench 3!

To be honest, there is not a ton of information on the interior of the Magic Whirlpool ride. The only thing I was able to discover was you went through a whirlpool and then saw various tableaus crypticly named things like "demons kindergarten", "bridge of sighs", and "dance of the phosphorescent phantoms", most probably painted backgrounds with lighting effects.

But here at Disney's America, we have created a homage to the classic film Fantasia!

The eerie entrance area!

All Aboard!

A dark and scary graveyard!

That mountain looks familiar;

Who is that on top of the mountain?!?

Thank goodness we escaped from there! Wait, do I hear water?

Look out!

Buckets and buckets everywhere!

The final area of Embassy row we will look at is the Japan pavillion, located right on Lake America.
No captions needed here!

Next up, one of the quieter corners of Disney's America!

 

[Citytrader]

Similar to Disneyland, while riding on the train around the perimeter, various vignettes from US history can be seen.

Wagi did a terrific job on the vignettes; They are really great!

Driving of the Golden Spike;

Votes for women;

And no caption needed for this iconic scene;

 

[Citytrader]

The last part of Disney's America Bench 2 is a segway between the 1904 and the 1939World's Fairs.

Representing the Depression era in American history, welcome to Leesburg, a typical rural community in the 1930's;

Small town life is well represented in the bucolic area complete with livestock, a small main street, even a barn dance!

A small boat dock connects to Lake America;

The township's park is prepping for the big July 4th picnic;

Remembering the fallen;

At the edge of this small town is the state highway, and pass beneath the bridge, and guess where you wind up?

Cool night shot!!!

Bench will be released very soon!

 

[Wagi]

Been a long break! Citytrader has been busy and I have pretty much retired from the game, but I did open up the next bench today and took some screenshots! Now if my joints can hold out long enough to post them here... ;D

This part of the park came along when Rich suggested maybe we could add a small copy of the Trylon and Perisphere, the symbols of the 1939/1940 New York World's Fair. Well, the 'small copy' became a multi-piece structure (which is still a small version of the real one...), and then I decided I should make a structure or two to go with it...a few months later and we had some 20+ pavilions and structures and I'd filled in the back third of the bench...

Due to the limitation of the game (and not wanting to add even more TMTK items to the list...), most of the buildings are not duplicates, but rather homages to what appeared at the fair. There's also a number of fantastic structure found in the Workshop, a few I tweaked, others are pretty much as they were originally designed. A sincere thank-you to those who share their work with all of us!

I've added a handful of period photos that show what I based my designs on as well.

So, here we go...

Tour The 1939/1940 New York World's Fair
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We last left the Depression Era and the small town farm...ahead we see a bridge creating an overpass...

And we come to one of the main gates to the Fair...

Ahead is a small fountain representing the world gathering together to celebrate. Behind looms the massive Ford Motors Pavilion...

To the right is Hot Dog stand for those famished after the long trip to the fairgrounds...

The lower part of the stand is based on an actual entry in a contest to design vendor stands before the fair opened, there's another copy elsewhere in the park with the original low dome as well...

Next door was the Hills Bros Coffee Pavilion...upstairs is a coffee lounge with a Middle Eastern Art Deco feel to match their mascot...

Next is the Fair's Administration Building..

Based on the real-life original. I clipped the image, skewed it and used it to make a decal in the TMTK...

Fair cabs - motorized pedicabs - were available for hire to save your feet from the long distances...

Based on a advertisement from the Fair...

Beechnut - makers of the chewing gum and other things, had a pavilion dedicated to a miniature circus...

 

[Wagi]

The real-life version...

A wonderful Workshop find repurposed as a Coke Pavilion...

Next we'll visit the Ford Pavilion...

 

[Wagi]

The Ford Pavilion was a showplace for Ford products. While I've modeled the building I only added the one main ride - "Road To Tomorrow" - where people could ride in new Ford automobiles on a track around and through the Pavilion Building, ending in a corkscrew path down to the loading platform. In the real version each car was driven by a chauffeur - you were just along for the ride and they didn't have to worry about bashed cars...

There was also an exterior garden area with a stage and there were other exhibits inside which I did not attempt to model...

And what the real Pavilion looked like... The "V8" banners and signs were celebrating Ford's new V8 engines...

Across the street from the Ford Pavilion was an unusual one...the Wonder Bakery, where they actually made Wonder Bread every day of the fair that was sold there and throughout the New York Area...

And artwork of the real one...

Next up, the imposing Italia Pavilion...

 

[Wagi]

The Kingdom of Italy sponsored their Italia Pavilion (remember it was 1939...)

Based on the real Pavilion...I had to make walls textured with static water to create the stair-step waterfall on the tower...

The United Kingdom and Norther Ireland Pavilion...

The Magna Carta was brought over and on display there...

The original building...

Next up was the US Steel Pavilion...(this uses a Workshop dome which was perfect!)...

Throughout the park were stops for the Fair Tram...

As well as Information Booths...

Next the Westinghouse Electric Company Pavilion...

Famous for showcasing Electro - the Moto-Man. A robot that could talk, sing and even smoke a cigarette...

Next we'll visit Brazil, France and a Zoo...

 

[Wagi]

In case anyone is wondering about some of the strange country names and flags, I researched what was authentic for 1939. This was just before World War II and the many changes to country names, flags and political systems that took place during and after. I also tried to find company logos, artwork and such that also were from 1939. Thus why there ended up being hundreds of TMTK items I made...

There were also changes at the Fair from 1939 to 1940...for instance the Soviet Union had a huge pavilion for the first season...it was torn down and they instead used a small space during the second. Germany was not there, the Empire of Japan and Kingdom of Italy were. Since this is a part of a modern park in the present day (Disney's America...) but is themed to 1939, I tried to hide anything dated after that, but of course modern fixtures and conveniences would, in fact, be there...

 

[Wagi]

The United States of Brazil (as it was known then...) had a popular exhibit. Designed by Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer (Niemeyer went on to design most of Brasilia, the new capital...), it contained exhibition gallery, shops, a cafe, performance stage and an outdoor garden area with many tropical plants...

Authentic period artwork by Brazilian artists...

Based on the real Pavilion...

Behind the Brazilian Pavilion was an exhibit sponsored by the New York Zoological Society. They displayed a live Panda from China, penguins, aquariums with fish from around the world and many mounted sea and shore creatures...

Adjoining Brazil was the French Pavilion. The lower floors held historical and art exhibits, on the roof was the famous "Le Pavilion" Restaurant, which after the fair moved to downtown New York City as was a famous dining choice for years...

The main lobby...

Elevator to Le Pavilion...

Restaurant interior with panoramic windows looking over the park's central lake...

Open air rooftop seating...great place to watch the fireworks (for an additional charge of course...)

From the front of the France Pavilion there is a path leading down to the shore and the site of Billy Rose's Aquacade Stadium...

The SkyWay to the 1876 Centennial section of the park has a station here...

Behind it is a Kiosk (in multiple languages) selling souvenirs...

Things to remember you trip to the Fair by...

Here also we find another hot dog stand, this one with the low dome copies the original design...

Next up...The Automat, Canada and the Electricity Pavilion...

 

[Wagi]

Next we have the Automat...the pinnacle of speedy cafeteria design for the Modern Age...

Insert a token, open a little door and you choice is ready...

Across the street is the stately Pavilion of the Dominion of Canada...

Which features a second entrance across from the UK Pavilion, it's Mother Country...

Based in part on period artwork...

The Kodak Company had numerous Photo Spots scattered around the fairgrounds...

The Electricity Pavilion featured an entrance through the spillway of a hydroelectric dam...

Another Tram Stop serves this area...

Speaking of which, here comes one now!

The engine was based on a great farm tractor found in the Workshop...

And the real-life inspiration...

Up ahead we can see the symbol of this Fair...the Trylon and Perisphere...

Disney's America's versions are at a reduced scale, but still tower over the park...

But not like these one's! (Even with the TMTK's 8 meter height limit, it still takes 8 pieces stacked to create the Trylon...)

Next we'll visit the Court of Nations and prepare a visit to Billy Rose's Aquacade...

 

[Citytrader]

The New York World's Fair Bench is now available for download from Steam;

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2884863470

Don't forget, you will need several hundred (not kidding!!!) CS pieces to fully appriciate what Wagi has created!

I added a few rides here and there throughout the park just to get peeps wandering in the right direction!

Enjoy this wonderful bench by Wagi! It's truly breathtaking!

 

[Wagi]

Much like day-old burritos, this thread keeps coming back up...

Despite Citytrader's advanced age, this park bench hasn't been misplaced along with his spectacles, nor did he wander into it and then forgot what he was going to do...

No, I felt the itch myself to work on the bench again, and the ointment I was prescribed didn't clear that up so rather than continue itching I got busy.

I worked a little here, worked a little there...next thing you know the whole darn bench is full. Sort of like my plate in a buffet line...

Anyways, Rich is going to pry it from my grasp, and as long as he remembers how the game works, he'll tweak what needs to be tweaked (as opposed to his twerking...nobody wants to see that...). He'll look for my bloopers to fix (which may take him days, if not weeks...). But finally the next chapter in the story of our version of Disney's America Theme Park is on the horizon.

Maybe...

Speaking of what's on the horizon, here's just a tease that there is, in fact, a bench, and it does, in fact, have rides and structures on it...amazing huh? This bench represents "Seaside 1890 - The Promenade" and "Victory Field 1943"...

After this there will be probably one more final bench. New Orleans 1920 is finished, so the good news is that the bench is over half done, so it shouldn't take until the next decade to finally finish.

Maybe...

 

[Nemmie]

It's great to see this back. And your little chat at the start of this post, fricken hilarious!

 

[Wagi]

Thanks Nemmie!

Also on this bench are a couple of smaller areas...one themed to the Walt Disney Studios home on Hyperion Avenue, where they wer located until 1940, which is about the timelime of or Victory Field area at the end of the block... Here you'll find the homebase for Disney Characters in this park.

 

[Citytrader]

So I guess it's my turn to continue the tour;

Welcome to the Promenade! This small part of Disney's America is recreating those fabled east coast U.S. parks, especially the ones found in Coney Island from the early 1900's such as Sea Lion Park, Steeplechase, and Luna Parks.

The entrance to the American Eagle, an exciting woodie;

Next door is the Hurly Burly, a Vaudeville Theatre that stages all kinds of events and concerts;

The entrance arch to Dreamland is off the workshop, but heavily reworked by me;

The 1890 Ballroom is next up where you can hear live bands perform Dixieland Jazz, the Standards, and big band music;

A small pier jutting into Lake America houses an arcade, a couple small kiddie rides, and a recreation of the famous Parachute Drop from Coney Island;

A couple shots of the Promenade at night;

More to come!