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This aviary is a geodesic dome that was originally the Winston Churchill Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair. The 175-foot-wide dome, an original display at the fair here in Flushing, Queens, took only about a week to erect and was one of the largest single-layer structures of its time. Geodesic domes were originally designed by Buckminster Fuller, a famous architect and designer, and were hailed as among the lightest, strongest, and most cost-effective structures ever conceived.
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