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| The 1964/1965 New York
World's Fair was the third major World's Fair to be held in
New York City. The site is Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the Borough
of Queens and held both the 1964/1965 New York World’s Fair and the
1939/1940 New York World’s Fair. Preceding these Fairs is the 1853-54,
New York’s World’s Fair, called the Crystal Palace Exhibition, located
on the site of Bryant Park in the borough of Manhattan, New York City.
The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair opened on April 22, 1964, and ran
for two six-month seasons concluding on October 17, 1965. The World's
Fair took place without sanctioning from the Bureau of International
Expositions, the only one to do so. It was the largest World's Fair to be held in the United States, occupying nearly a square mile (2.6 km²) of land. Hailing itself as a "Universal and International" exposition, the Fair's theme was "Peace Through Understanding," dedicated to "Man's Achievement on a Shrinking Globe in an Expanding Universe." The theme was symbolized by a twelve-story high, stainless-steel model of the earth called Unisphere. United States corporations dominated the exposition as exhibitors at the expense of international participation. The Fair is best remembered as a showcase of mid-twentieth century American corporate culture. The nascent Space Age, with its vista of promise was well-covered by the exhibits. More than fifty-one million people attended the Fair, but this was less than the hoped-for seventy million. |
