Democracity

E371274

Democracity was a utopian, futuristic model city exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair that envisioned an idealized, technologically advanced American society.

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Label Occurrences
Democracity canonical 1
Democracity diorama 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf futuristic city ⓘ
utopian city model ⓘ
world's fair exhibit ⓘ
associatedStructure Trylon ⓘ
borough Queens ⓘ
city New York City ⓘ
closingYear 1940 ⓘ
commissionedBy 1939 New York World's Fair Corporation ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
depicts future city of 2039 ⓘ
idealized American society ⓘ
designedBy Henry Dreyfuss ⓘ
exhibitedAt 1939 New York World's Fair ⓘ
exhibitType central theme exhibit ⓘ
diorama ⓘ
scale model ⓘ
features airports and air traffic ⓘ
central civic center ⓘ
greenbelt areas ⓘ
highways and parkways ⓘ
industrial zones separated from housing ⓘ
mass transit system ⓘ
radial transportation network ⓘ
suburban-style housing ⓘ
zoned residential districts ⓘ
goal to illustrate benefits of coordinated urban planning ⓘ
to promote faith in planned technological progress ⓘ
ideology American progressivism ⓘ
technocratic optimism ⓘ
includes narrated sound presentation ⓘ
influenced public imagination of future American cities ⓘ
influencedBy Garden City movement ⓘ
modernist planning theories ⓘ
languageOfNarration English ⓘ
locatedInEvent 1939 New York World's Fair ⓘ
locatedInPavilion Perisphere ⓘ
openingYear 1939 ⓘ
partOf Trylon and Perisphere complex ⓘ
scaleModelOf futuristic metropolis ⓘ
slogan The World of Tomorrow ⓘ
theme modernist urbanism ⓘ
planned community ⓘ
technological progress ⓘ
utopian future ⓘ
timeSetting year 2039 ⓘ
usesMedium electric lighting effects ⓘ
mechanized model ⓘ
venue Flushing Meadows–Corona Park ⓘ

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

New York World's Fair (1939–1940) → featuredAttraction → Democracity diorama ⓘ
linked to: Democracity