This Saturday, the Space Needle and the Seattle
World’s Fair celebrates its 50th Anniversary. (Once in awhile we have to write a blog
about our city, 'cause we love it.)
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| Vintage Image of the Seattle Space Needle |
The 1962 World Fair was an exhilarating time for
Seattle. It lasted six months and people from all across
the United States, and in some cases the globe, flew to Seattle to spend time at the fair (Elvis even
filmed a movie, “It Happened at the World’s Fair”).
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| Mid 20th Century Steig Sterling Cufflinks |
The theme was “Century 21” and Seattle presented a view of the future, centered by the iconic Space Needle with its
modernist lines. Other cities may
have built a taller tower but no one else built a building quite like
ours. It is what has
visually put Seattle on the map.
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| 1962 Seattle Photograph |
And I think it is probably why I have always had
such an affinity for 60's modernist architecture, clothing and jewelry. Some
might call it kitsch, and it is that too, but it is also oddly wonderful.
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| 1960's Chrome Cuff |
There is something compelling about the 60's
conception of modernity and the future, or as Seattle columnist, Knute Berger,
said a "futuristic
utopianism" which was embodied by the Seattle's World Fair and it's theme
Century 21.
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| World's Fair Science Arches |
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