Gloria R Nash

GLORIA R NASH grew up in Manhattan and Rego Park, where interests in mid-century styles were nurtured by frequent visits to the 1964-1965 World's Fair and a Howard Johnson's Restaurant built for the 1940 Fair. While living in California and Las Vegas, she wrote a newsletter, For Here or To Go, reporting on vintage roadside food and beverage advertising collectibles. Returning to New York she graduated Phi Beta Kappa, then earned an M.A. in Psychology and an M.S. in Education. At the same time,...See more

GLORIA R NASH grew up in Manhattan and Rego Park, where interests in mid-century styles were nurtured by frequent visits to the 1964-1965 World's Fair and a Howard Johnson's Restaurant built for the 1940 Fair. While living in California and Las Vegas, she wrote a newsletter, For Here or To Go, reporting on vintage roadside food and beverage advertising collectibles. Returning to New York she graduated Phi Beta Kappa, then earned an M.A. in Psychology and an M.S. in Education. At the same time, authors wrote about Gloria's resilience to challenges and 9-11. After retiring from work as a therapist and math teacher she learned to build websites as a medium for selling collectibles. Her heart called out to photograph and write about preservation of America's vanishing roadside architecture, restaurants, and signs. When her 90-year-old mother lost her vision, Gloria left Manhattan to care for her in Queens. When the pandemic curtailed long distance travels she visited local sites for the first time. After a fifty-year absence she visited Flushing Meadows Corona Park which began a two-year adventure of photographing, researching, and writing this book to celebrate the 60th and 85th Anniversaries in 2024 of the 1964 and 1939 New York World's Fairs. Currently Gloria is writing Part 2 of this pictorial series and also a manual to easily build websites. See less