was its iconic symbol. Towering 140 feet and weighing 700,000 pounds, the stainless steel globe sits in New York's Flushing, Queens. New York 1964 World's Fair, "Peace Through Understanding ...

site of the 1939 New York World’s Fair. The futurist extravaganza was remembered for its Trylon, a needle-thin obelisk, and the spherical Perisphere, gleaming symbols of the American century.

workers at the World’s Fair 1937 in Paris put the finishing touches on the landmark icon of Soviet monument sculpture that was destined to become the trademark symbol of the whole era in Soviet ...