1939 New York World's Fair

guided and financed by companies searching for new products. At the same time, technology became a part of everyday life, made the world a smaller place, and became a more important force in shaping European and world events. People in the 1890’s held expectations for the future. In 1939, the World Fair, called “The World of Tomorrow” was held in New York City. Flashes of genius by inventors working on their own birthed most of the dazzling discoveries of 1939. The inventors weren't striving for money

“In one discourse we may find benign an public-spirited expert administrators. Another discourse might portray the same people as selfish bureaucrats. Still others might ignore the presence of government officials altogether. Many other kinds of agents and motives put in appearances. They include enlightened elites, rational consumers, ignorant and shortsighted populations, virtualizes, rational consumers, ignorant and shortsighted populations, virtuous ordinary citizens, a Gaia that may be tough

group of New York City businesspersons concluded to host an international exposition to help rid the city and possibly the country of the effects of the depression. Over the course of four years, the group planned, built, and organized the fair and its exhibits with other countries around the world. Robert Moses, New York City Parks Commissioner at the time, saw it would be a great value to the city if the removal of the Corona Ash Dumps could provide the land needed to host the World’s Fair. In preparation

The City is a 1939 documentary directed by Willard Van Dyke which was made for demonstrating on the World's Fair “The World of Tomorrow” (“Naxos Releases The City – 1939 World’s Fair Documentary Film with New Aaron Copland Score”). The movie demonstrates the difference between a rural life and an urban one. The creators do not stand against the city in general, but they do not support modern cities which are polluting he environment and make harm to the nature and human health. It is possibly to

a colossal marble statue. (source A). The Lobsterman monument never really had a place, to begin with. "the artist just slapped a coat of bronze paint over the plaster model and shipped it to New York” (source F). This quote itself shows that in the making of this monument for the new york world fair in 1939 it was never well put together, and it now is in storage. Having the monument in Washington D.C. is ridiculous due to the fact that it had nothing to do with Washington D.C. in the first

culture industry’s standardization and mass production as mechanisms of control under Capitalism, an economic system meant to maintain power among the wealthy. Similarly, Warren Susman’s essay” The People’s Fair: Cultural Contradictions of a Consumer Society” highlights the 1939 New York World’s Fair as a commodity meant to piece the public into a part of a

Augusta Savage Raygan Savage Avid II, R8 2-16-17 Augusta Savage was born Augusta Christine Fells on Feb 29, 1892 in Green Cove Springs, Florida. She is one out of fourteen children. Her father, Edward Fells strongly opposed of her early interest in art. He whipped her four to five times a week. Augusta married John T. Moore in 1907 and the following year she gave birth to her daughter, Irene. By the age of 16 Augusta was married for the first time and had a baby. A couple of years after their child

houses a grand architecture of knowledge and wisdom; The Queens Museum. According to the Museum's website, the building architected and renovated by Daniel Chait and was used for the 1964 World's Fair as the New York City Pavilion. Eight years later minor alterations were made to the north side of the New York City building and was converted into the Queens Center for Art and Culture, which was later called the Queens Museum of Art. The magnificent beautiful building, in 1972, it opened to serve

Queens and Manhattan are two of the New York City boroughs. The two boroughs have many similarities; both Queens and Manhattan have famous colleges, share similar climate and mode of transportation. Though it is only a 25-minute subway ride from Queens to Manhattan, the two boroughs have many differences, such as the commerce prosperity and social strata. Both Queens and Manhattan are located southern part of New York. Manhattan is on the island between the Hudson River and the East River. Most of

New York is rich in history. New York’s history starts with 5 independent states joining together to make Greater New York. Over a span of three years Greater New York grew to 360 square miles filled with 3,350,000 people. One of the biggest attacks on US soil would happen In New York when two hijacked planes would crash into the twin towers of the world trade center. “Thanks to the city’s diversity and vibrant intellectual life it remains the cultural capital of the United states.” “New York City