his
collection of online links grows and changes with the addition and loss of websites
dedicated to the 1939-40 World's Fair in New York. When possible, I've placed
a small excerpt from the webpage next to each link to give you a sense of what
these page maintainers offer. If you find broken links or wish to suggest new
ones please email me.
Alan
Anderson's World's Fair page: "Perhaps only those, such as I, who went to
THE FAIR as children will understand fully why I took the time to celebrate
this symbol that remains bright in a dwindling number of minds."
Bells
for Peace: This organization seeks to restore the Belgian Friendship Building
- originally built for the 1939-40 NYWF - at Virginia Union University.
Building
the World of Tomorrow at the New York World's Fair: "The 1939 World's Fair,
held in Flushing Meadows, captured the spirit of two quintessential American
traits: optimism and futurism." This site contains information about the Book
of Record.
Documentation
of "Highways and Horizons" -- Images of the Futurama exhibit found in Call
it Home: The House that Private Enterprise Built.
Feasting
on the Future: Food at the New York World's Fair: a document maintained
in Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett's New York University's Food
and Performance class.
Gottscho-Schleisner
Collection: "comprised of over 29,000 images primarily of architectural
subjects, including . . . color images of the 1939-40 New York World's Fair."
Iconography
of Hope: The 1939-40 New York World's Fair: "This site examines the social,
cultural, and commercial impact of the Fair on the American way of life in the
twentieth century. It attempts to provide some texture and even a little color
to what is all too frequently viewed as the black-and-white sensibility of 'the
past.'"
Internet
World Expo description of the NY Fair: "The 1939 New York World's Fair suffered
from unfortunate timing and the investors lost two-thirds of their investment.
Before the war broke out full-fledged, however, the fair attracted large crows
to Flushing Meadow Park in Queens."
Museum
of the City of New York's Drawing the Future: Design Drawings for the 1939
New York World's Fair. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully-illustrated
64-page catalog.
New
Deal Network Library's collection of images relating to the World's Fair.
Ricardo
Alcos' proposal to rebuild the Trylon and Perisphere: "While I cannot speak
authoritatively to the artistic merits for its re-creation, it seems to me the
structure in question speaks for itself. More importantly , there is a very
practical reason for doing so, and it's called tourism with a capitol 'T'"
William
Grant Still Exhibition: This page describes the development of the Fair's
theme song, "Rising Tide, [that] was played continually in the Perisphere."
