"In Europe and the Middle East, mosaics are rediscovered after many, many centuries of abandonment. They are uncovered and they exist. Archeologists and government officials go to great lengths to preserve those - why should Queens, AKA the World's Borough, be treated any differently?"
"Nobody's been taking care of them. I've been photographing them for over one and a half years and they continuously get worse and worse."
"The parks department may have even contributed to the accelerated decay, Perlman alleged, by 'obnoxiously' tossing on the artwork to melt snow and by driving heavy vehicles over the installations."
"Five historical mosaics commemorating Queens' World Fairs will be demolished in the next few months - despite preservationists' impassioned pleas to rescue the pieces of New York's past."
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