Queens Museum Panorama: Special Micro-Episode!

Published: Oct. 19, 2012, 3:36 p.m.

b'The Queens Museum of Art, in Flushing Meadows Corona Park,\\xa0has the coolest thing you\'ve never seen: The Panorama of the City of New York. It\'s a model of the whole damn city-- all 5 boroughs. \\xa0It contains every building in the city built before 1992 (the year it was last updated). \\xa0It was built by (who else?) Robert Moses for the 1964-1965\\xa0World\'s Fair. \\xa0It took 3 years to create, has over 895,000 structures, and had a margin of error less than 1%. \\xa0Kate and Kathleen tell you all about it in this special micro-episode. It is\\xa0definitely\\xa0worth the long subway ride to see it.\\n\\nSee more pics on our Facebook page!\\n\\nJeremiah Moss\'s excellent blog post about "New York Paleotectonic", which he describes as "the final resting place where removed Panorama pieces are interred". It\'s the first of three great posts that were very helpful in researching this episode.\\n\\nWonderstruck is an amazing children\'s book by Brian Selznick. A good part of the action is set in the Panorama.\\n\\nIf you go to see the Panorama, Kate and Kathleen STRONGLY recommend going to the Nan Xiang Dumpling House after, a 20-25 min walk from the museum. Get the steamed pork dumplings and the fish and salt cabbage soup.'