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Here is a Times photo from 9/23/1946. The United nations would be at 
Lake Success/New Hyde Park (and the remaining historic buildings were 
recently demolished), and there were meetings there, but there were also 
meetings at a site at the former World's Fair site at the former New 
York City pavilion/building (still there today as a museum or is it an 
ice rink, the big model of New York City is inside now. It is off the 
Grand Central Parkway.) This was a second picture above the caption at 
the top of this scan

Beginning on 10/23 there were to be United nations meetings at this 
building in  Flushing Meadows.  here is a picture of the United Nations 
Long Island Railroad station for these meeting. I believe it was the 
World's Fair Station and is today the Shea Stadium Station. I am unsure 
which way we are looking. East towards Grand Central Parkway (I can't 
recall if the LIRR goes over or under the GCT. Maybe there was a road 
bridge at that time (I don't think there is one now, though I don't 
remember what is used by the Mets fans from the LIRR station to Shea 
either), maybe we are looking east. This is the Port Washington branch. 
Once there were Corona and Elmhurst Stations to the west, Flushing is 
next station east.

This may also be called Willet's Point station today, though Willet's 
Point is really up NE  at Fort Totten east of the Throggs Neck bridge-a 
star shaped fort (now gone) with the first pedestrian tunnel (600 feet) 
between the battery and the rest of the complex. There were also Nike 
missiles based here, these were matched with missiles at Fort Tilden at 
the western point of Rockaway Peninsula. All forts had a twin. Fort 
Totten's was Fort Schuyler on the Throgg's Neck in the Bronx, Fort 
Tilden's was Fort Monmouth at Sandy Hook.

Which direction are we looking in this UN Station photo, what is the 
overpass in the background? Does anyone have any information on this 
United Stations LIRR station?

Paul

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