Barge of Beasts discountable-photo Auto design in the post-war

Auto design in the post-war era was strongly influenced by the streamlined shapes of fighter planes and bombers

which stand in the background

New Yorkers had plenty of time to decide whether they liked the New York Public Library's monumental building on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street: it took 11 years to build

the Lower East Side was the first stop in America for European immigrants struggling to start a new life

some scientists are now arguing that it should be resurrected

Barge of Beasts discountable-photo Auto design in the post-warAbout six months before the 1964 New York World's Fair opened, Times photographer John Orris captured a barge load of prehistoric beasts "two of which looked very belligerent" floating down the Hudson River. Parents let their children stay home from school to see the sight. Drivers on the West Side Highway stopped to snap photos, causing a traffic jam. But "the big moment came at noon at Battery Park when the barge, looking like a fugitive from the