State Fair Hound continues to look back at the New York State Fair just past with a thought that isn’t new, but never seems to be addressed. The tower at the intersection called Times Square, between the Dairy Products Building and the International Pavilion, has the potential to be much more than it is.
It’s always either unoccupied or being used as a lookout spot for State Troopers. The cops are just standing around as nothing ever seems to be happening there, but if they’re aren’t in it, it’s roped off. As usual, the Hound has a few ideas of how it could be put to better use.
It could be used as a spot for some advertiser to present products, though that’s not the best idea. 
It’s near the Lottery Pavilion, so they could use it to hawk tickets or make public drawings. There was once talk of placing video screens there to broadcast the Chevy Court show.
But how about putting actual entertainment up there, something like the musical combo that used to welcome visitors inside the front gate? For years the State Fair Four played lively Dixieland from a gazebo in that spot. There wasn’t an act there this year and it was missed.
The Times Square corner could really use such a festive touch and an acoustic act to greet people exiting the Milk Bar, serenade passers-by or provide some atmosphere for folks scratching their Lottery tickets could be the right touch. It would be nice to do something creative with that handsome structure.
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