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The 1939–1940 New York World's Fair was a world's fair held at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. It was the second-most expensive American world's fair of all time, exceeded only by St. Louis's Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904.
New York World’s Fair 1939 även kallad New York Expo var en världsutställning som ägde rum 30 april 1939–31 oktober 1940 i Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, stadsdelen Queens, New York. Det var den största utställning som någonsin hade arrangerats. Utställningens motto var The World of Tomorrow.
22 apr. 2022 · 1939 New York World’s Fair, Postcard Package. NYC Municipal Archives. By the time it closed on October 26, 1940, 44.9 million people had visited the fair. Although well short of the projected attendance of 100 million, it was still one of the most significant events in twentieth-century New York City history.
6 nov. 2021 · Covering 1,216 acres, in Flushing Meadows, New York, the 1939 New York World’s Fair, like the legendary Phoenix rising from the ashes, was erected on what was an ash-dump. The theme, “Building the World of Tomorrow” echoed in virtually every corner of the Fair.
On April 30, 1939, the colossal New York World’s Fair opened in what is now Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, in the borough of Queens. The 1939 world exposition — or “expo,” for short — was unique in many respects, not least in that it differed in both theme and purpose from the expositions that had come before, in places like Paris ...
9 feb. 2010 · On April 30, 1939, the New York World’s Fair opens in New York City. The opening ceremony, which featured speeches by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and New York Governor Herbert Lehman,...
1939-40 New York World’s Fair. Thursday, April 25, 2019 by Emily Chapin. April 30 is the 80th anniversary of the grand opening of the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair, which drew millions of visitors to Flushing Meadows, Queens to experience “The World of Tomorrow.”
