PPG Industries protective and marine coatings (PMC) business supplied more than 2,000 gallons of Amercoat® coatings to refurbish the “Tent of Tomorrow” at the New York State Pavilion, an historic attraction erected in Queens 51 years ago to celebrate the 1964 World’s Fair. The restoration project helped commemorate the 50th anniversary of the global event.

The Tent of Tomorrow was one of three components constructed as part of the original pavilion, designed by world-renowned architect Philip Johnson and internationally known civil engineer Lev Letlin. The ellipse-shaped structure incorporated 16 100-foot-tall reinforced concrete piers supporting a 350 x 250-foot steel cable suspension roof, the largest of its kind in the world at that time.

The project, which was completed earlier this summer, required more than 1,000 gallons each of Amerlock® 2 and Amercoat 450H coatings. Amerlock 2, a two-component, high-solids epoxy, was used as the primer. Amercoat 450H topcoat is a high-gloss, low-VOC aliphatic polyurethane which was specified in American Cheese yellow to match the tent’s original color.