Not far from the flying saucer-inspired New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, there is another fountain with a quirky science fiction connection. The Fountain of the Planet of the Apes takes its name from the 1968 film, which stars Charlton Heston as an astronaut who crash lands onto a planet where primitive humans are hunted and exploited by intelligent, speaking apes. Loosely adapted by Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling from the french satirical novel by Pierre Boulle, Planet of the Apes was a huge hit. It spawned sequels,…
