from zot79

This looked like it might be interesting, in a broad sense. I read the couple of chapters that were most interesting to me at the moment (about Disney's involvement in early planning, there may be more). On the whole, not what I was expecting, but not badly written.

from etxgardener

In 1964 my family (along with a lot of the other families we knew) traveled to New York City for the World's Fair, the latest in a series of spectacular exhibitions that seem to have disappeared from the world's stage. This book not only gives the history of the development of the fair (seemingly...

from VGAHarris

Excellent narrative about how the New York World's Fair of 1964 fit into the overall social milieu of the era. Weaves the stories of Civil Rights, the Beatles and Dylan, and religious issues of the day into Robert Moses' vision of hosting the Fair and reinventing New York City.

from VGAHarris

Excellent narrative about how the New York World's Fair of 1964 fit into the overall social milieu of the era. Weaves the stories of Civil Rights, the Beatles and Dylan, and religious issues of the day into Robert Moses' vision of hosting the Fair and reinventing New York City.