
THE MODERN AGE 1900–1950II
BETWEEN THE WARS 1932–19454
NEW YORK
WORLD’S FAIR
NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR
Queens, New York, USA
various designers and architects
1939
The 1939 New York World’s Fair was in Flushing
Meadows Corona Park in New York City and was
the second-largest American world’s fair of all
time, exceeded only by St. Louis’s Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition of 1904. It covered 1,216 acres
(4.9 sq km) and was attended by more than 5
million visitors during its two-year period.
The fair, dubbed “Building the World of
Tomorrow,” symbolically marked the end of the
Great Depression and was themed as a celebra-
tion of American industry and progress. ...