Movie: Futurama 1939 New York World’s Fair “To New Horizons” 1940 General Motors 23min
‘Definitive document of pre-World War II futuristic utopian thinking, as envisioned by General Motors. Documents the “Futurama” exhibit in GM’s “Highways and Horizons” pavilion at the World’s Fair, which looks ahead to the “wonder world of 1960.”’
Futurama was an exhibit/ride at the 1939 New York World’s Fair designed by Norman Bel Geddes that tried to show the world 20 years into the future (1959—1960). Sponsored by the General Motors Corporation, the installation was characterized by its automated highways and vast suburbs. Compared to other “visions of the future,” Bel Geddes’ was rather achievable—the most advanced technology posited was the automated highway system, of which General Motors built a working prototype by 1960….
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Posted Noviembre 11, 2012 at 11:17pm in New York history landscape city future model architecture
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Bertrand Goldberg, Proposal for American Broadcasting Company Building, New York, New York, 1969
Nov. 26, 1956: Longshoreman unload German cars — Volkswagen and Mercedes Benz — from the American Scout at Pier 61 of the U.S. Lines. Photo: Barney Ingoglia/The New York Times
The evolution of NYC’s skyline, 1876-2013. Also see the evolution of NYC’s famous street grid.
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