For me, Flushing Meadow-Corona Park brings back memories of the World's Fair, which I visited with my family when I was about six years old.
For you, it might be associated with one of the most popular movies of all time: Men In Black. I saw and enjoyed it, too, but those early memories and associations never leave us, or so it seems.
Nonetheless, I will grant that I think of MIB, especially with the 25th anniversary of its release imminent. In the movie, the mothership crashes through the Unisphere, the large globe sculpture that has become an emblem of Queens, "the world's borough." (It's said to be the most linguistically and culturally diverse county in the U.S.)
I would bet that the Men In Black never envisioned a World In Pink.
I stopped by the park the other day, during a ride out to Nassau County, down to the South Shore and up to the North. A couple of years ago, on that very same piece of land, I saw a bloom of cherry blossoms that rivals any other I've seen. If I recall correctly, it was around the third week, or possibly near the end of, this month. Still, when I saw the trees the other day, their buds had bloomed enough to color the world in a way that, I believe, even the Men In Black would appreciate.
