Okay, this one's a bit odd, ... and I thought I'd already evangelized this new aspect of it (see below), but evidently not. Or, if I did, I just can't find it.
In any case, back in 2015 ... which is astonishingly a decade ago .... I wrote up a little reminiscence of a long-lost attraction in midtown called, or so I thought at the time, Burlington Mills. The trouble was, despite the vividness of my recollections about the exhibit, I couldn't seem to find any evidence of its existence, despite all my inventive Googling. Eventually, I did track down the correct appellation, and up came everything I needed (I had this same quandary when trying to trace back to the old and endearingly grotty Comic Arts Gallery on East 58th Street). It wasn't Burlington Mills, it was The Mill at Burlington House.
If you're curious, you can read all about it here. But, a short time after I posted that entry, I stumbled upon actual video evidence of the exhibit, which blew me right off the porch. For whatever reason, however, I apparently never got around to sharing it here, so I'm rectifying that now.
I found it quite surprising to learn that the full ride took upwards of eight minutes. That seems like kind of a lot, but I'm sure my mother was happy to keep us occupied, if only for those feeling eight minutes.
If you're a Manhattan kid of a certain age that wants to re-experience The Mill at Burlington House, I'm afraid the exhibit in question closed circa 1980. But now, thanks to the magic of archival video, you can turn back the clock...
Enjoy.
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