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Many writers have explored Paris through art, literature and food, but “Nobody Sits Like the French” takes a different ...
Once a shining symbol of Expo 67, this ship is now abandoned and decaying in Ontario. What happened to this iconic piece of World Fair history—and why was it forgotten? #AbandonedPlaces #Expo67 #Urban ...
World’s Fair visitors walk around the Unisphere as the Swiss Sky Ride cars are in the background 112 off the ground on April 25, 1964, in Queens, N.Y. Credit - John Curran—Newsday via Getty ...
Ever since The World’s Fair debuted in 1851, people worldwide have been fascinated by the creativity, inspiration and ideas showcased at the esteemed event. Since then, the World’s Fair has ...
Sixty years after the April 22, 1964, grand opening of the New York World’s Fair, the world has inherited some of the dazzling inventions showcased there, such as picture phones and microwave ovens.
Soccer’s international governing body staged a halftime show that hinted at its cultural aspirations for next year’s North ...
World's Fair collectors say time travel is possible, by way of their 1964 memorabilia Tim Tomasini, of Bayport, collects items from the 1939 and 1964 World's Fair held at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.
The New York World's Fair was intended to give Americans an optimistic view of a world still to come a harmonious place.
The one constant about World’s Fairs and Expositions—from Chicago’s White City to the several Expositions Universelles in Paris to the New York World’s Fair of 1939—is that you cannot in ...
That was the name of a world’s-fair-like exposition center envisioned as the centerpiece of Washington’s sesquicentennial, the 150th anniversary of the birth of the nation’s capital.
At the World Exposition in Hannover, Germany, organizers are disappointed at the number of visitors. NPR's Guy Raz reports that the failure to draw large crowds could be in part due to ...