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hundreds of New Yorkers spent their lunch hour getting a tan on the lush green grass of Bryant Park

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

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Barge of Beasts discountable-photo hundreds of New Yorkers spentAbout 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