In 1933, Chicago hosted its second World’s Fair in 40 years to celebrate its centennial. It was titled “A Century of Progress ...
During the most devastating financial crisis our country has ever faced — The Great Depression — Chicago held a huge, extravagant event. The Elmhurst History Museum captures that 1933-34 World’s Fair ...
ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On August 20, 1933, 500 Georgians traveled up north for the Chicago World’s Fair. Aug. 20 was ‘Georgia Day’ at the World’s Fair. The group from the Peach State went to show off ...
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The Rise and Fall of the World’s Most Spectacular Fair Wonders
Once the pinnacle of innovation, many World’s Fair wonders have been forgotten. What happened to these groundbreaking ...
They’re trying to pick up the pieces. Five historical mosaics commemorating Queens’ World Fairs will be demolished in the next few months — despite preservationists’ impassioned pleas to rescue the ...
At David Dinkins Circle in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, the ground bears little evidence of the five tile mosaics that were recently removed. The Passarelle Plaza mosaics were installed in 1997 to ...
NEW YORK -- You can just barely see them through the window of the No. 7 subway as it rattles into the elevated station in Corona, Queens: a gigantic steel sphere, two rocket ships, and towers that ...
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