Ride the Monorail
The Seattle World's Fair in 1962 with the theme "Century 21" has to be the coolest fair ever! Go from downtown Seattle on the monorail, speeding along high above the streets of Seattle. The fair was home of the Space Needle, one of the most famous »Googie« architecture landmarks in America, it still stands there today if you want to visit it. It was also home of the "Bubbelator" science ride, which took up to 150 people in a transparent sphere with the eeire space music of Attilio Mineo playing in the background. Do not forgot to take the "Gayway" and visit the Swedish exposition for a bite of their famous Smorgosboard.
Posted at 3:26 PM | 3 comments | links to this post 
My name is Chris and I live in Sweden. I love the 50s and 60s lifestyle and design. I am very fascinated by the architecture of the period too, for instance googie, modernism, the work of Joseph Eichler, John Lautner and Arne Jacobsen's international style. I have a large archive with space-age, library, bossa, cocktail, retro soundtracks and exotica music. I also believe that things were better in the old days.
3 Comments:
i want to see this bubbelator
September 17, 2005 1:57 PM
Check out this archive website. They have a film called Century 21 about a visit to the fair.
http://www.archive.org/details/Century21964
October 11, 2005 7:08 AM
I already knew about archive.org and I have indeed seen "Century 21" film they have there. They also have loads of other swell films about the design of the 50s and 60s too. But thanks for the heads up!
October 11, 2005 2:27 PM
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