Seattle Center World's Fair

The Seattle Center Monorail glides on a single concrete beam thirty feet above the street, its twin trains painted in the bright red and blue livery of the nineteen sixty-two World's Fair. Built to shuttle fairgoers from downtown to the…

The Space Needle rises six hundred and five feet with a saucer-shaped top balanced on three slender steel legs. Built for the nineteen sixty-two World’s Fair, it represented the Space Age ambitions of a city looking toward the stars.…

The Pacific Science Center features a series of tall, white, concrete arches that curve toward the sky like oversized tuning forks. Originally built as the United States Science Pavilion for the nineteen sixty-two World’s Fair, the…

The Mural Amphitheatre is identified by a massive, colorful mosaic wall that serves as the permanent backdrop for its outdoor stage. It was designed for the nineteen sixty-two World's Fair, known as the Century twenty-one Exposition. Paul…

The Seattle Center Armory features a distinctive, massive arched roof made of heavy timber trusses that span the entire interior. Built in nineteen thirty-nine, the structure housed the Washington National Guard, who used the vast floor…

The International Fountain sits as a massive, concrete bowl dominated by a bristling, silver-tipped nozzle array that fires water in shifting, rhythmic patterns. Built for the nineteen sixty-two World's Fair, it was designed to represent…

A massive, curved roof floats above the Seattle Center grounds, held up by four concrete pylons that appear to defy gravity. This structure is the former site of the nineteen sixty-two World’s Fair arena. Architects preserved that iconic,…