Century 21 exposure
| Century 21 Exposition Expo 62 |
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 The landmark of Expo 62: |
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| motto | "Man in the Space Age" |
| General | |
| Exhibition space | 29.9 ha |
| new hits |
Sputnik satellite Bubbleator, Friendship 7 |
| Number of visitors | 6,609,609 |
| BIE recognition | Yes |
| participation | |
| countries | 24 countries |
| Place of issue | |
| place | Seattle |
| terrain | Broad Street Coordinates: 47 ° 37 ′ 17 " N , 122 ° 21 ′ 3" W
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| calendar | |
| opening | April 21, 1962 |
| closure | October 21, 1962 |
| Chronological order | |
| predecessor | Expo 58 |
| successor | Expo 67 |
The Century 21 Exposition was a world exposition held in Seattle from April 21 to October 21, 1962 and attended by 6.6 million people. The exhibition area was 29.9 hectares and 24 countries were represented. Unlike many other world expositions, the Seattle Expo was able to generate a profit.
history
The world exhibition was dominated by the space race , which also inspired many Americans back then. While the Soviet Union presented the Sputnik satellite, the USA showed the Friendship 7 space capsule at the exhibition . American companies such as B. Ford Motor Company or Boeing discussed space travel.
The 184-meter-high observation tower Space Needle , which has become a symbol of the city, also addressed space travel in terms of appearance and name . Another attraction was the Bubbleator, a plexiglass elevator that whisked visitors away into the “world of the future”.
Since the exhibition grounds were about two kilometers from the city center, a monorail was built to bridge the distance . The train, which operates today as the Seattle Center Monorail , is also one of the legacies of the World's Fair.
literature
- Paula Becker, Alan J. Stein: The Future Remembered: The 1962 Seattle World's Fair And Its Legacy. History Link / HistoryInk and Seattle Center Foundation, 2011, ISBN 978-0-615-46940-9 .
- Bill Cotter: Seattle's 1962 World's Fair. Arcadia Publishing, 2010, ISBN 978-0-7385-8125-5 .
- Andrew Garn (eds.), Paola Antonelli , Udo Kultermann, Stephen Van Dyk: World Exhibitions 1933–2005: Architecture Design Graphics. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-421-03696-4 , pp. 110–123.
- Winfried Kretschmer: History of the world exhibitions . Campus, 1999, ISBN 3-593-36273-2 .
- Erik Mattie: World's Fair . Belser, 1998, ISBN 3-7630-2358-5 .
Web links
- seattle.gov: Century 21 World's Fair - Description with digital document archive and bibliography for the world exhibition in Seattle
- Century 21 exposure. Bureau International des Expositions (English). Retrieved March 23, 2017 .
- Century 21 - The 1962 Seattle World's Fair
- Seattle: A Fair to Remember (Engl.)
- The history of the world fairs: world fairs in 1962 and 1964
- CityStream Splashback: World`s Fair Preview (English) - Video contribution to the Century 21 Exposition
Individual evidence
- ^ Joel Connelly: Century 21 introduced Seattle to its future in Seattle Post Intelligencer, April 16, 2002