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Perisphere & Trylon
Flushing Meadows, Queens
New York City NY United States
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| Status: | destroyed | | Construction Dates | | Finished | 1939 | | Destroyed | 1942 |
|  | | Building Uses | | - monument | | Structural Types | | - other | | - sphere | | - tower | | Architectural Style | | - modern | | Materials | | - steel |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Roof | | 185.9 m | | | | | | | | | | Sphere's roof | | 54.9 m | | | | | | | |
Description
Built as the centerpiece for the 1939 New York World's Fair, these two buildings also served as the Fair's symbols.
A series of water fountains gave the illusion that the sphere levitated.
Inside the spherical Perisphere was an exhibition called "Democracity", an utopian view of a future city. This giant model contained skyscrapers in parks linked by multilane highways.
Both Perisphere and Trylon were later demolished and melted down to make weapons during World War II.
Two decades later, the 1964 New York World's Fair was built on the same site. The area once occupied by the Perisphere and Trylon is now occupied by the Unisphere, a giant globe that was the 1964 Fair's centerpiece.
Architect: Harrison and Fouilhoux
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