Civic Visions, World's Fairs
The dazzling energies of world’s fairs are well known —millions of visitors, encyclopaedic displays of goods and ideas, fantastic settings of pavilions and exhibition halls—but the sites that gather the exposition experience into a spatial unity are often overlooked. Civic Visions, World’s Fairs looks at the contribution of site planning to the history of international(...)
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17 March 1993 to 1 August 1993
Civic Visions, World's Fairs
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The dazzling energies of world’s fairs are well known —millions of visitors, encyclopaedic displays of goods and ideas, fantastic settings of pavilions and exhibition halls—but the sites that gather the exposition experience into a spatial unity are often overlooked. Civic Visions, World’s Fairs looks at the contribution of site planning to the history of international(...)
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20 slide(s)
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20 slide(s)
View of the New York World's Fair's symbol, 1964/1965 New York World's Fair, New York, New York
ARCH256537
1963-1965
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AP013.S1.D203
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File documents an unsuccessful competition entry for an exhibition building in New York, New York. Material in this file was produced in 1938. File contains presentation drawings.
1938
Competition for Canadian Building, New York World's Fair
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AP013.S1.D203
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File documents an unsuccessful competition entry for an exhibition building in New York, New York. Material in this file was produced in 1938. File contains presentation drawings.
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1938
PH1981:0259
1939
New York World's Fair (1939-1940): Aerial view of Fair surrounded by Flushing
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PH1981:0259
textual records
textual records
PH1979:0474:020
1939
PH1981:0260
1939
New York World's Fair (1939-1940): Administration Building, frontal view
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PH1981:0260
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