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in the southeast Bronx. Seen by 1,000's of World Fair visitors, it was exactly what was needed to compel New Yorkers, searching for viable NYC living quarters for a reasonable sum of money, to sign up and move from all corners of the metropolitan area, thus becoming a resident of the only borough in NYC attached to the North American continent. Factoid: The other four boroughs are on islands.
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correctly attribute it. Perhaps the thing to do is rewrite this objectively, saying something like "The high tech lighting was an impressive spectacle." Or if somebody has that book by Dietrich Neumann on architectural lighting, maybe we could make some comparisons. I'll wait for comments before I do it.
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I'm not entirely satisfied with the result here- it's kind of ghetto- an unattributed quote was very slightly rephrased into a description given as the point of view of "many people." Unfortunately, the quote can't be found on Google or google books (except where derived from this page), so we can't
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company had as one of their displays, a diorama showing and promoting their newest real estate investment, a breathtaking "city within a city" utilizing new building techniques and brilliantly developed green spaces in a new apartment complex called "Parkchester", located
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I am reading the 2010 novel Twilight At The World of Tomorrow by James Mauro which is providing a very informative account of the events of the 1939 world's fair. If anyone has the book etc. and we can incorporate the information in here someone it would be appreciated.--Cooly123 00:55, 16 November
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I have added a new section describing the official archives of the 1939 New York World's Fair at the New York Public Library. They now have made a wealth of material available online, including additional new illustrated commentaries written by 21st century writers. Some of this material is ideal
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The article states, 'One poster from that year's fair, issued by Borden's Milk had Elmer the Cow proclaiming "makes you proud to be an American".' I think the appropriate bovine is Elsie, not Elmer. Elmer is not a cow, but is in fact a bull, the "husband" of Elsie. Also, I don't think Elmer
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I believe that I found source for this in the New York Times based on the title, but it is behind a paywall and I do not have subscription to view the full archived article. If someone with a subscription could verify this and add the reference, that would great. Here is the article:
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played a large role in the planning of the 1939 World's Fair. He was employed by many corporations and the idea was to present a view of the future of America as being a consumerist democracy. This is mentioned in part four of the documentary series,
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The quoted statement was probably from some pavillion marketing brochure from the Fair, or possibly from Fair marketing materials themselves. However, it also would have been a pretty typcial statement by a visitor of the time. As such, it
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is there a special reason why the hint "Man in Black" is totally ignored now since 2 years? Even if I'm wrong (which could be possible) than someone may is so polite telling me this? thanks in advice --
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Statements such as "At night, with the latest in lighting technology switched on, the effect was magical." is POV, and has no place in the article. Please clean the article and present a neutral POV.
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The Photos in this novel would be great to add to (they are reputable too many are from the New York City Public Library). --Cooly123 17:11, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
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entitled, "Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering" and Bernays' role in shaping modern politics and marketing is the focus of earlier programmes.
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was linked into an X-Files article recently, but if there's something like it available under fair use/free use, it'd be better off here. --
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blend of essay and fiction. It is a politically conservative tract which yearns for the days when authorities had authority and
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https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204935/http://museums.richmond.edu/exhibitions/lora-robins-gallery/waylande-gregory.html
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https://www.nytimes.com/1939/05/01/archives/cosmic-rays-start-brilliant-display-ten-of-them-snatched-out-of.html
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existed as a character until after the fair. Can someone say for sure? Please see: Elmer's web site:
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the Picture of soviet pavilon at night is put under the polish pavilon section in the article
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I think this comment is overly POV and have replaced it with a NPOV characterization.
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wasn't the Towers also shown and part of the Story in the Film
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Lots of truly PD photos available from Library of Congress.
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Possible source for Albert Einstein at the Grand Opening
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New York World's Fair 1939 and 1940 Incorporated Records
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I think you mean the observation towers from the latter
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Short description: World's fair held in New York City
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The Wikisource link doesn't point toward anything.--
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