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NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR
NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR
Flushing, Queens, New York, USA
various designers and architects
1964
The 1964 New York World’s Fair was the third
major world’s fair to be held in New York City
and hailed as “universal and international.” Al-
though it was best remembered as a showcase
of mid-twentieth-century American culture
and technology, twenty-four countries such
as Spain, Vatican City, Japan, Mexico, Sweden,
Austria, Denmark, Thailand, Philippines, Greece,
and Pakistan also had presences at the fair.
It was located at Flushing Meadows Corona
Park in the borough of Queens, which was also
the site of the 1939 New York World’ ...