Summary: <br> <br> <br> The Queens Museum of Art, in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, has the coolest thing you've never seen: The Panorama of the City of New York. It's a model of the whole damn city-- all 5 boroughs. It contains every building in the city built before 1992 (the year it was last updated). It was built by (who else?) Robert Moses for the 1964-1965 World's Fair. It took 3 years to create, has over 895,000 structures, and had a margin of error less than 1%. Kate and Kathleen tell you all about it in this special micro-episode. It is definitely worth the long subway ride to see it. <br> <br> See more pics on our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.480230748664519.107791.394947823859479&type=1">Facebook page!</a> <br> <br> <a href="http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2009/03/panorama-part-1.html">Jeremiah Moss's excellent blog post about "New York Paleotectonic"</a>, which he describes as "the final resting place where removed Panorama pieces are interred". It's the first of three great posts that were very helpful in researching this episode. <br> <br> <a href="http://www.wonderstruckthebook.com/">Wonderstruck</a>is an amazing children's book by Brian Selznick. A good part of the action is set in the Panorama. <br> <br> If you go to see the Panorama, Kate and Kathleen STRONGLY recommend going to the <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/nan-xiang-dumpling-house-flushing">Nan Xiang Dumpling House</a> after, a 20-25 min walk from the museum. Get the steamed pork dumplings and the fish and salt cabbage soup.
