1964 New York World's Fair

The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair was the second World's Fair to be held at Flushing Meadows Park in the Borough of Queens, New York in the twentieth century. It opened on April 22, 1964 and ran for two six-month seasons concluding on October 17, 1965.

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World's Fair - Flushing Meadows Park - Queens - New York - Twentieth century - April 22 - 1964 - October 17 - 1965

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It was the largest World's Fair ever to be held in the United States, occupying nearly a square mile (2.6 km²) of land. Truly 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. More important to this world exposition than international participation was extensive involvement of United States corporations as exhibitors. By the time the gates closed more than fifty-one million people had attended the show, a respectable attendance for a World's Fair but less than three-quarters of the projected attendance of seventy million.

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United States - Unisphere

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Today the 1964/1965 New York World's Fair is best remembered as a showcase of mid-twentieth century American corporate culture. It represents an era best known as "The Space Age" when mankind took its first steps toward space exploration and it seemed that technology could provide the answers to all of the world's problems. The exhibits at the Fair echoed the early twentieth century's blind sense of optimism in the future that lost credibility shortly after the Fair.

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