World's Fair To Be Re-Created In Queens This Spring

FLUSHING, QUEENS -- It's been more than 50 years since the historic World's Fair lit up Queens with rides, restaurants and cultures from across the globe.

New Yorkers can relive some of that magic where it all started in a two-day homage to the amusement park this spring.

In 1964, more than 140 pavilions and 110 restaurants made up the amusement park known as The World's Fair, representing around 80 nations and half the states in the U.S. in the Flushing Meadows Park.

Though the fair closed in 1965, it is being revived for the first time this year in a "World's Fare" event at the Citi Field parking lot on April 28-29.

The World's Fare, dubbed "a grand celebration of equality" and diversity in New York City, will feature more than 100 food and art vendors representing different cultures across the globe, according to its website.

The fair, whose fare will be curated by a dozen of NYC's "leading tastemakers," was founded by Josh Schneps, whose company owns 18 local publications including The Queens Courier and QNS.com.

Schneps did not immediately return Patch's requests for comment on the fair.

He leads the event's four-person culinary committee, which is co-chaired by celebrity chef Claus Meyer, food journalist and expert Jessica Harris, and Singapore-born street food consultant KF Seetoh.

Aside from the fair's array of grub, visitors can enjoy an international beer garden, a full lineup of music and art installations such as a 6-foot Lego model of the famed Unisphere left standing from the original World's Fair.

Tickets to World's Fare can be purchased online for anywhere from $19 to $199.

Lead photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images.