1962 World’s Fair

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The 1962 World’s Fair, officially known as the Century 21 Exposition in Seattle, was a major international exposition focused on space-age technology and the future, leaving a lasting legacy in the city’s skyline and infrastructure.

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AI-generated illustration of 1962 World’s Fair

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the 1962 World’s Fair (The 1962 World’s Fair, officially known as the Century 21 Exposition in Seattle, was a major international exposition focused on space-age technology and the future, leaving a lasting legacy in the city’s skyline and infrastructure.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
1962 Seattle World’s Fair 7
1962 Seattle World's Fair 3
1962 World’s Fair canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international exposition ⓘ
world's fair ⓘ
architecturalStyle Googie architecture (Space Needle) ⓘ
linked to: Googie architecture
attendance approximately 10 million visitors ⓘ
category specialized exposition ⓘ
city Seattle ⓘ
closingDate 1962-10-21 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalEvent international exhibits and pavilions ⓘ
performances at Seattle Center Opera House ⓘ
focus space-age technology ⓘ
the future ⓘ
followedBy Expo 67 ⓘ
hasPart Gayway amusement area ⓘ
International Mall ⓘ
United States Pavilion ⓘ
impact enhanced Seattle’s national and international profile ⓘ
spurred urban redevelopment in Seattle ⓘ
legacy Seattle Center Monorail ⓘ
Seattle Center cultural complex ⓘ
linked to: Seattle Center

Space Needle as Seattle skyline icon ⓘ
linked to: Space Needle

establishment of Pacific Science Center as a permanent institution ⓘ
mainExhibit NASA space exhibits ⓘ
United States Science Pavilion ⓘ
World of Tomorrow displays ⓘ
motto Living in the Space Age ⓘ
notableStructure Alweg Monorail ⓘ
Pacific Science Center ⓘ
Seattle Center Coliseum ⓘ
Space Needle ⓘ
officialName Century 21 Exposition ⓘ
openingDate 1962-04-21 ⓘ
organizer Century 21 Exposition, Inc. ⓘ
City of Seattle ⓘ
State of Washington ⓘ
linked to: Washington
precededBy Expo 58 ⓘ
recognizedBy Bureau International des Expositions ⓘ
slogan Showcase of the Space Age ⓘ
state Washington ⓘ
subjectOf documentaries about Seattle’s Space Age vision ⓘ
historical studies on urban development ⓘ
theme Century 21 ⓘ
The Age of Space ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War era ⓘ
linked to: Cold War

Space Race era ⓘ
transportInfrastructure Seattle Center Monorail line ⓘ
venue Seattle Center ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Space Needle → symbolOf → 1962 World’s Fair ⓘ
Space Needle → builtFor → 1962 World’s Fair ⓘ
Edward E. Carlson → associatedWith → 1962 Seattle World’s Fair ⓘ
linked to: 1962 World’s Fair
International Fountain → constructedFor → 1962 Seattle World’s Fair ⓘ
linked to: 1962 World’s Fair
Seattle Center Monorail → openedFor → 1962 Seattle World’s Fair ⓘ
linked to: 1962 World’s Fair
Century 21 → appliedToEvent → 1962 Seattle World’s Fair ⓘ
linked to: 1962 World’s Fair
United States Science Pavilion → event → 1962 World’s Fair ⓘ
International Mall → partOf → 1962 Seattle World’s Fair ⓘ
linked to: 1962 World’s Fair
Gayway amusement area → partOf → 1962 Seattle World’s Fair ⓘ
linked to: 1962 World’s Fair
Gayway amusement area → operatedDuringEvent → 1962 Seattle World’s Fair ⓘ
linked to: 1962 World’s Fair
Bubbleator ride → presentedAt → 1962 Seattle World's Fair ⓘ
linked to: 1962 World’s Fair
One World Concert → recordedDuring → 1962 Seattle World's Fair ⓘ
linked to: 1962 World’s Fair
Washington State Pavilion → builtFor → 1962 World's Fair ⓘ
linked to: 1962 World’s Fair
Bubbleator → featuredAt → 1962 Seattle World's Fair ⓘ
linked to: 1962 World’s Fair