The 1939 World’s Fair in Flushing, Queens.
The two structures back there were the symbol of the fair, the trylon and the periasphere.
Fifty years after the fair
The picture I have is so clear
Underneath the clouds in the air
Rose the trylon and the perisphere
And that for me was the finest of scenes
That perfect world across the river in Queens
Aimee Mann - Fifty Years After The Fair Lyrics