The Fair that Launched the Future
February 27th, 2012It was the 1962 Worlds Fair – this year celebrating its 50th anniversary – that did something surprising for a mostly forgotten city: It branded Seattle in a way no advertising campaign could ever have done. The fair said that Seattle was a happening place, a place celebrating science and bent on opening the doorway to the future.
[More]Posted: February 27th, 2012 under Arts and Culture, Parks.
Tags: 1962 Fair, Century 21 Exposition, Eddie Carlson, Seattle Center, Seattle Mayor Allan Pomeroy, Space Needle
Tags: 1962 Fair, Century 21 Exposition, Eddie Carlson, Seattle Center, Seattle Mayor Allan Pomeroy, Space Needle