1962 World’s Fair - Seattle
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I was 16 at the time. Dad and I had driven from eastern Nebraska to Oakland, CA to visit relatives. From there we went on to Seattle and attended the worlds fair. It was strain on a poor farmers budget, buts it is a trip I have never forgotten.
That's great!
You had a GREAT dad doing that for you two. Nice.
I was 16 at the time and came down all the way from Tacoma…ha! My older brother’s family drove out from Silver Creek Nebraska to see the fair, and the Million Dollar display made by his company, Behlen Manufacturing show in the building. I was so inspired I went into Architecture and had over. 40 year career.
I went to the Expo'74 in Spokane from the SF Bay Area as a kid. I don't remember it too vividly, only in passing and I have a few trinkets/mementos left. We visited Seattle in the 1990s and it seems like a broken place now.
I was also 16 when my parents and i drove up from Portland to spend the weekend in Seattle and the Worlds Fair. Mind boggling at the time. When i got home i discovered the my supposed girl friend was with a friend that weekend. Didn’t take long to figure out that i came out ahead all the way around. LOL
My lasting memory of the fair, at age 12, was of a hallway near Key Arena. The left side of this hallway was a glass window view. The right side was a painted storefront tilted as if it were on a steep hillside. The effect of this tilted view made me and my younger brother feel as if we were walking downhill - to the point where we couldn't help running, even though the actual hallway was level. He and I ran back to the 'top' of this artificial hill to walk and then run down again jubilent at the special effect. ANYBODY ELSE remember that display?
This was the fair wäre my uncle Malito from Galicia, Spain, met my aunt Carlotta from North Carolina. They got married and they both lived a wonderful life in the evergreen state. For me, Seattle will be always in my heart…
The trip of a lifetime for me as a 10 year old . Parents drove from Pennsylvania to Yellowstone and on to Seattle then Oregon to visit relatives and back thru Salt Lake City and St, Louis. Gas war at one point and it was .18 cents a gallon. Made the tour in a 1961 Chevy Impala. No air. Windows down most of the way.
Those were the days with gas at $.18 a gallon! It was about $.23 then, on the East Coast!
No Air? Wouldn't you need oxygen tanks? 😂
Dinah Shore would've been pleased that you saw the U-S-A in a Chev-ro-let!
Wow what a trip !!
Always had been amazed at the World’s Fair of the past, how much creative innovation & well…hope for the future existed. I feel we as a country have sadly lost that today.
I agree. There was a lot more concept cars more innovation more style improvement more tech growth. Now the gm lobby shuts down hi speed rail.
@@robertpolnicky7702 Seattle is dying.
I was 12. My family lived in Seattle and attended this terrific fair 3 times. It was tremendous! A really exciting experience. There was NO downside, even with the crowds. It was affordable and had something for everyone. Each time we went we spent the entire day there up until near closing, in the evening. One of my fondest memories of Seattle... along with JP Patches, of course!
I was raised in Seattle and remember watching the whole thing being built.
In 1962, there I was, dangling my feet off the observation deck, enjoying the view. The Space Needle was orange back then, and before the suicide fence was installed. My parents got lost that day, so I had to wait in the lost and found till they were found, an hour later. They had a wooden train set there, so after my parents showed up, I didn’t want to leave. I was an inspired 5 year old Seattleite.
me too. fun time!
Nice way to put it: "My parents got lost". If only adults would behave themselves and stay with the group! 😂😂😂
@@johnfourteensix5398 Me too! I got ice cream though.
@@tommydorsey5055 I got sick...
My dad took me on the octopus ride, and all the spinning had me screaming for the ride to stop! It finally did, but too late!
😑😊
I never went to the fair itself but did go up about 7 years later and the grounds were still well maintained.We had a wonderful dinner at the top of the Space Needle and everything was still very clean. About ten years ago we went up and it was so different; it was almost heartbreaking. But it really is a treasure of an area. I hope they restore it and get it into some semblance of what it once was.
I was 8 years old when the fair opened and my dad was in the Army and stationed at Fort Benning, Georgia, where our family lived at the time. We didn't make it to the fair, but we did go to the theatre the following year in 1963 and saw "It Happened At The World's Fair" with Elvis. Enjoyed the video and commentary.
I was born in 1963, but my Dad came to Seattle the previous year to see if it would be a nice place to live. He went to the World's Fair and eventually decided to move the family there. I was born in Cape Cod, Massachusetts and a few months later our family drove across the country to Seattle where my Dad had been awarded a job as a professor at the UW (The University of Washington). So I basically grew up in a suburb of Seattle and have many many memories of going to the Seattle Center as a kid, playing in the fountain and the flag pavilion with my brother, eating at the Food Circus, riding the monorail, and of course going up the Space Needle which was like some kind of surreal dream for a little kid. Thanks for evoking some very pleasant memories of 1960s Seattle.
Hello I moved from cape cod to Seattle myself at age 19 in 1982. Let's talk soon..maybe we should be friends.
May I ask your father's name and what he taught at the UW? My cousin and later I attended the UW
(she in the 60's and I was there in the 70's). My dad and my cousin's father both worked on the construction of the site. Dad was on the crew that put in the windows for the Needle, the Science Center and the Coliseum. (And numerous buildings on the UW campus and others scattered throughout downtown Seattle and beyond.) The Fair opened on my parents' 12th wedding anniversary.
I was 12 from Fife. Loved it with my parents. Used to go to a lot until it changed into something I didn't enjoy. 😢
....and now?!?!??🫤👎
Its nice to see these slices of history from my youth. I was 10 then and so much seemed possible. The world has become so cynical since.
No, just the unwell all over social media
The year I was born.
me too .My parents had friends in Seattle so we visited from Vancouver BC and I too saw it at 10. what great era to grow up in.
It's always been, you just got more cynical with age.
@@1962sparky 👍👍Me too!
What a beautiful, optimistic time! Everyone all smartened up, having a great time, learning while playing! Wish I'd been around to see it.
I was thinking the same thing, Seattle became a pigsty in the last 10 years or even less, trash, homeless, vandalism, graffiti, needles on the ground.... sadness, most big cities (especially on the western seaboard) are all imploding.
It's looks like a completely different reality.
It is.
I grew up in Seattle and was 7 years old when the fair was held. It was an absolutely magical time in our city, and I was enthralled by it all. I became a big fan of world's fairs and have also been to three others - Spokane in 1974, Knoxville in 1982 and Vancouver, B.C. in 1986. The Twin Cities of Minnesota are in competition with several others cities worldwide to hold a world's fair in 2027, and the winner is to be announced in about six weeks. If the Minnesota bid wins, you can be sure I plan to attend their fair in four years.
And now Seattle is a toilet with a crime and drug infested downtown with homeless bums everywhere (including the Seattle Center grounds).
Who won the bid for 2027?
Belgrade, Serbia
@@johnfortmeyerMy boss is from Serbia, so that's still interesting news - albeit I'm unlikely to venture out that far myself.
I was born during BOTH the Seattle World's fair AND the Cuban Missile Crisis. 😳 A time of BOTH glorious optimism AND stark fear. 🤔 Mid-October 1962 had to be a hell of a ride for those old enough to remember it!
Yes! I was 8 years old during Sea Worlds Fair and that darn Cuban Missile Crisis. The Fair was wonderful,but the Cuban crisis not so much. I lived on Mercer Island at the time which was very rural. We not only had duck and cover drills, but we had to practice running home from school just in case a bomb was about to drop. For those of us who had younger siblings in the same school, we had to stop and get the younger sister, and get her to run along home, too. The parents were aware of this routine. It was very scary except on the days we ran home…got out of school early. I’m so glad my son didn’t have that experience and feel bad for children alive during wartime nowadays.
@@bahiras 👍👍
President Kennedy was supposed to officially close the world's fair with a personal appearance but begged off due to "illness". It was a cover story. Although not known by the public then, the missiles in Cuba had just been discovered.
I attended the Seattle World’s Fair in ‘62. I was 8 years old and remember many events and displays. I still get a chuckle over the plastic suits and hamburger shaped houses we all were expected to be living in by now. Thanks for the great memories.
Plastic suits? ... I love wearing PVC! So, that would suit me just fine! 🤣
We went to the fair--my mom, dad, brother and I. I was 9. It was amazing! Among other things the Belgian Waffles were famous, as of course was the Space Needle. Also worth noting is that many tourists like us also visited Victoria and Vancouver, so the Fair helped Canadian tourism make those cities higher profile too.
I was just a kid when my family and I went. It was amazing! I still have the glasses my mom bought back then with the various exhibitions on them.
Lots of beautiful dreams, so much hope for a great future in a new century....
Such innocence, such naivete
This is SUCH a great video, thanks so much!
I'm a big Elvis fan and had never heard about the ham story. Very interesting. Thank you.
Did you see Elvis get kicked in the shins by an 11 year old Kurt Russell in the movie?
@@rongendron8705 Ya
Wow what a terrific presentation. Full of positivity and wonder. Love it!
Even though I was born in November of 62 I would have never dreamed I would use memorabilia from this fair in my 1962 Plymouth display at car shows. I had so much of it I had to find a 62 camper that would reflect that time line. I found a 62 one wheel Heilite aircraft aluminum camper which became my unburied time capsule for many years. I remember at one show at the James Dean festival someone from Seattle Washington seen my rolling exhibit and comment thay never seen so much 62 world's Fair memorabilia in one spot. I had to reply your kidding I thought that city had mines of the stuff! Thay reply back a lot of it left the city! I no longer take it out on tour, vibration and sunlight destroyed some of the pieces and I had too replace a lot of the memorabilia. To this day I still look for 62 world's Fair memorabilia, it's a reminder of my birth year and a great moment in history that will be never be repeated. Great video of this fair it will become a piece of my exhibit!
My aunt and uncle lived in Seattle at the time. While we never went out there to visit them, my grandfather did so in 1960 and '62. He visited the fair and was impressed.
I was just in Seattle last year for the first time and went up in the space needle. Love these types of videos
Glad they never tore the Space Needle down. I thought it was tacky at the time; now I see it as a modern classic and a fitting symbol for Seattle. Much more beautiful than the Eiffel Tower, btw.
Elvis filmed a movie there. "It Happened At The World's Fair" The movie where a very young Kurt Russell kicks Elvis in the shins so Elvis can see the cute nurse.
We came up I-5 from Oregon City. This video brings back all kinds of memories including the futuristic cars an top of space needle took my breath away, but the ride going up was terrifying too me! Dad an I both loved all science, mom & brother loved the food. First time in Sturgis reminded me of Seattle Worlds Fair.
For those old-time Seattleites who may not have recognized him, in the picture at 8:20, that is KJR’s Pat O’Day standing by Elvis’s right shoulder.
🎶K J R Seattle! ……channel ninety fiiiiveee 🎶
I remember him and KJR very well!
Correct.
KJR - listened to it nonstop from preteen until I left for college. Thanks for reminding me about Pat O'Day and the days when a DJ could make or break a song.
I was there at 12 years old. I remember it well. I have home movies of it...
I was one year old and I was there. Haven't been back to Seattle since. Maybe one day i will.
It's kind of amazing how many of the buildings are still being used today. That's not always the case after something like this.
I was 7 years old when my older brothers snuck us in through a back door in the Science Center after we walked from our house on Queen Anne Hill. It was awesome - and probably the most successful US World's Fair in the 20th century measured by how it much it elevated the host city's image. The Space Needle's identification with the Seattle is probably nearly as strong as the Eiffel Tower in Paris or the Statue of Liberty in New York.
My dad got a dollar to spend at the fair when he was kid in the 60s
I was there as a 10 year old and I still remember all these features and buildings. The monorail was my favorite as a kid. ..OK, the space needle was amazing too!
When I was in the Park Service, I would ride the Mono-Rail to the Space Needle. I loved that.
God, I remember being about 7 when this fair occurred. In the years before and after, I would pour over magazine articles and a National Geographic pictorial about the construction of the Space Needle and the Monorail. Never would have though they'd still be around 61 years later.
I was 8 years old when the Sea Worlds Fair opened. It was very exciting. I don’t remember much about the exhibits; the Bubbleator sounded thrilling, but was over rated; the Space Needle was super cool; and the rides were awesome. Well I was just a kid…
Incredibly the Seattle Worlds Fair made a profit and two of the major leftovers from the fair, the Space Needle and the Seattle Center Monorail are profitable to this day!
The Space Needle is privately owned. The monorail is owned by Metro.
@@MrShobar The Monorail itself is owned by the City of Seattle but is operated by the privately-owned Seattle Monorail Systems with each getting 50% of the profits. Metro is not involved in its operation beyond a deal between SMS and Metro to accept the ORCA card.
@@solracer66 It looks like my information is a little dated. I should have prefaced my observation "Before 1994". But you are correct. I hate taking a kick squarely in the groin...LOL.
I was 2 when our family went to the fair. Somewhere I've got the home movies. I was too little to go on the elevator to the top of the Space Needle, but I remember looking up at it while my olde brother volunteered to wait with me at the bottom. I still can see my feet sticking out of the stroller from my pov. I probably made this comment before.
My mom still has the 1962 tea towel from this event. It is still like new. And a neat set of pictures of my parents there, on part of the honeymoon.
Great video
I was there three times - once with a bunch of Cub Scouts. My dad made the mistake of being a chaperone with the Scouts. Before we went in, he told us all, "Now everybody stick together." As soon as we had gone in, everybody scattered. Remember seeing the water skiing show at Memorial Stadium - and riding the Bubbleator.
My parents visited the fair many times and they took me on my 4th birthday. I remember quite a bit about it, the picture phone, the bubbleator, the waterskiing exhibition, the funny tracked old car ride and mostly the Wild Mouse that not only scared the crap out of me it didn't go over that well with my dad either. My only disappointment was not being able to go to the top of the Space Needle because the line was too long. I got a Space Needle insulated glass and a model kit that my dad built for me. Both are long gone now but recently I found both an unbuilt kit and a the same style glass in perfect condition to add to my collection.
I was born in Seattle in 1962. My dad worked for Boeing. We lived in Kent.
Awesome! Please find a picture of Dr. Edward Teller in the Pacific Science Center....summer of '62. He and his entourage are standing behind some boys who are playing "atomic pinball" in the Center. The photo made the front page of a paper in Yakima, Wa that weekend.
I am one of the boys. Would like a big photo of that instant! Great memories of the Fair!!!!!
Contact thr newspaper and/or the county historical society.
It's sad to see the Seattle of 1962 & the Seattle we have in 2023 so much for progress !
Liberals ruined Seattle
That’s what I was thinking about the whole video.
I was in second grade and thought the mono-rail was something to behold. It really did put Seattle on the map. My aunt lived in Tacoma so went while visiting her.
Fun story! Love the ham story! Belgian Waffles are a favorite!!!
Not really part of the World's Fair, but during that time the British ocean liner Dominion Monarch was docked in Seattle as an hotel ship. The pilot for detective TV series was filmed aboard the liner. After the Fair the Dominion Monarch was scrapped and, to the best of my knowledge, the TV pilot was never shown and its whereabout are unknown. Maybe that pilot will yet turn up and we can see an ocean liner of the past as well as enjoy the mystery show.
My Dad worked for the company that built and displayed the $1 M ---Behlen Mfg in Columbus Nebraska. Such an enjoyable trip for an almost-6 year old. My Grandma, Aunt 20ish and Twin Uncles 16ish who lived in Tacoma, made it even more exciting for us!
At 4.32, this is a LEM at the NY world's fair 1964-65, not Seattle.
Wonderful, beautiful video- thanks for posting.
Love the narration. Reminiscent of Patton Oswalt which is a good thing.
It's very reminiscent of Oswalt.
Seattle was once really Special.
Is Seattle NOT special any more?
@@marcse7en Its " Different" Seattle is that old friend who you haven't Seen in 8 years and when you do you feel bad for him. He is burnt out and Tired. But he is trying. I miss The early 90's Ballard Feels
My family are among the millions who attended. One thing I recall was the display of 1,000,000 silver dollars.
My Dad worked for the company that made that display! That corrugated steel wall was patented and withstood an atomic blast in tests. Not involving the money tho😂
Very well done video!! Thanks!!
Wow Nice Video!! You really present it well. I grew up in the 60’s & remember when Disney World was opened! It’s nice lookin back with you hope you keep em comin!!❤✌️
i remember the Space Needle being the tallest structure in Seattle.
Got to Seattle as my first duty station in the Coast Guard two weeks after it closed. If I had gotten to boot camp two weeks earlier, I could have gone to the fair with the CG band. But I got to ride the "bubble A Tor" many times. The young girl operators wore "space outfits". The fountain ran for many years afterwards. The mono rail was only a dime, so I rode that a lot. Seattle was a great city back then. I miss it, and do not like the new version anymore.
As it turned out, Emmett Watson was right.
I was 14 in Seattle when the World's Fair opened and remember the excitement leading up to it; for years before we had heard how it was going to put Seattle on the map - and it did that in spades. The Space Needle was the new Eiffel Tower; the Belgian waffles were so exotic, they were a big hit and the lines were long to get one. My older sister's best friend fell in love with a flamenco dancer from the Spanish Pavilion (and married him). The fair had its own theme song, 'Meet Me in Seattle at the Fair', memorable mostly for its excruciatingly silly lyric "meet me in Seattle, that's where I'll be attle". Thanks for the memories of the days when we were joyously optimistic, even in the middle of the Cold War. I wish that simple optimism was still popular - it was way more fun!
Jaded cynical sarcasm is so boring these days!
The amazing part is the Seattle Center is still very active, unlike most World's Fair sites.
yes, it's packed with homeless and needles on the ground, very active
I'm pretty sure I went to the world' fair in NY in 1964. I was 3yrs old and I remember some of it, wow. I was born in 1961.
I want you to know, this was a well organized video. I enjoyed it more than you will ever know. I would like to ask, do you other videos similar to this? Just tell me what I need to put in the search box to find the videos.
Thank you for your effort and a great presentation.
Even after that, in spite of all the museums and concert venues, Seattle was still pretty hick until the “Grunge” scene…..I think. I was there. Don’t get me wrong. I love Seattle. Every metropolitan area has the homeless problem to deal with now. “Unhoused”? Could some one tell me the difference? Anyway, this situation ain’t gonna fix itself. My heart breaks for these people. Seattle used to have it’s “skid row” down by Pioneer Square. Now it’s the whole city😢breaks my heart.
Did you know that Seattle was the originator of the term "Skid Row" also known as "Skid Road"? My grandmother, born in Seattle in 1889, said that they used to cut the trees from the top of the hills above Pioneer Square, and skid the trunks down Yesler Street, which ends at Pioneer Square, where all the bums congregated and which was close to Seattle's Hooverville during the depression. The trunks ended up being floated to timber mills below Yesler, and the name Skid Road (or Row) became synonymous with where the down and out hung out.
@@charmedcookie1537 I do remember a guide mentioning that in an “underground tour”. It stuck. I thought…. Well, that’s a dubious honor if ever there was one.
I was there. Early 20's, just married, life (and the city) was good. Today, 60+ years later, my wife is gone and so is the city. But I still reflect on, "Once upon a time".
I went to 1974 Spokane Fair and it was more like a huge County Fair. We drove all the way from Southern California to see it and I never even brought back a Souvenir from that event. The 5-day camper drive was actually the highlight of that Summer.
I remember President Nixon opened the Spokane world's fair. In a few short months, he had left office.
These worlds fairs were so full of optimism and forward thinking. I can't imagine how creepy and dystopian a World's Fair would be today.
The Disney's movie Tomorrowland, although not a really good one, is about the NY world fair, the optimism of the era, and how and why that vision was destroyed
Like Seattle itself
MSM, TV in general fills many with pessimism and petulance. Didn’t matter how you voted in that day, America was quite a conservative land in that day.
Worlds fair today. Would be full of purple haired men hating feminists.
Woke garbage. Cancel culture
Movie actresses wanna be porn stars
Corrupt politicians.
And no talent mindless rap music.
Selfie queens TicTok garbage
And nobody would take any notice of anything new they’d all be looking at their phones.
that's what happens when an entire generation decides to take out mountains of debt in the names of their children and grandchildren so they themselves can live like kings and then makes up an ideological narrative to justify why they did it and doubles down on making it worse instead of just admitting it was wrong and trying to fix it.
I visited the fair as a 4 year old and remember the water skiing. And boat jumping.
Crazy how the view from the space needle with so many less buildings looks compared to now 60 years later!!❤
I was there! Ten years old. My famiy traveled from Ohio at the time.
I was six years old and grew up in Burien. I have a few brief memories of the fair, having a Belgian waffle with my mother, her getting a pickle pin, going on a spinning barrel ride with my dad, riding the monorail and seeing the bubbleater. There were other events around the city and I remember being on the waterfront on one of the piers and have a brief memory of seeing the Kalakala ferry. I have my mom‘s pickle pin, and a 45 record sung by Joy and the boys “Meet me at the fair”, and a couple of glasses.
I lived in Burien gardens apartments in 1966. Seahurst park was right behind them. We took the ferry boat to Bremerton and just missed the Kayla Kala ferry by 5 cars. My biggest disappointment ever.
From Burien also. I worked at Hiline Lanes bowling alley during same time period.
I wonder if I know either of you ?
"The World's Fair celebrates and displays the best that humans have to offer." I guess that explains why we do not have them anymore. And online junk is not a "World's Fair."
The Luner Module picture shown was taken at the NY ‘64/‘65 worlds fair. The Ford pavilion is in the background.
You have good eye Tom! also did you notice how the narrator called it the Mercury "Time" capsule hahah
@@bruceglover7971 Not the best researched video they've ever done, that's for sure.
I was 11 when I went to the fair and I was back in 2012 for the 50th Anniversary of the Space Needle. When I told one of the waitstaff at the bar on the observation platform that I had been there for the fair, they gave me free drinks! Wow. It was a magical experience for a poor kid from New Orleans. It was a giant splurge by my grand parents that made the trip possible, and it was the first time I had ever traveled out of Louisiana.
This has a very newly opened Disneyland feel to it. Minus the rides of course. But Seattle did have a monorail! Everything is FUTURE! Very cool.
Was the Seattle World's Fair only in 1962? The N.Y. Fair was in both 1964 & 1965! It seems that it would
have been an awfully lot of work to be open ,only 6 months! p.s. I went to Seattle in the 1990's & it was
great to see that they still had kept some of the attractions, then! p.p.s. It opened on my 16th birthday!
The monorail in Disneyland began in 1959. I'm sure the concept was exciting for fair-goers but let's give credit where credit is due. Also, the base of the Space Needle is big, but bigger than Hoover Dam? That was a continuous pour in the west that surely beat the Space Needle -- and it was done in the 1930s.
Grand Coulee and Hoover (nee Boulder) Dam were NOT one continuous pour. They were poured in stages. Lots of them.
If the optimism and nostalgia and good vibes from these comments could be channeled into positive movement Seattle could be transformed back into that city of 1962. Unfortunately it has degraded over the years. Very few if any mentioned the summer of 2020 when Chaz took over downtown and the escalating homeless situation currently. 60 years should see improvement not a downward spiral. Why has it devolved and not sprung forward from all the optimism the World’s Fair promised? Same with beautiful Portland, OR and San Francisco, CA. I can see why people would want to live in their memories and not the reality of 2023.
Wow! It's really hard to believe that in the picture of the space needle in 1962 of the world's fair. There are hardly any buildings in downtown Seattle back then? At least from the picture shot shows what looks like to be a picture of mount Rainier in the back ground? And there's no tall buildings in it?
That was the perfect fair for the Jetsons.
I was born in 1961, too young to be aware of the World's Fair. But in the years since, I have been in every building on the center grounds, even though some changes have been made. I have played live music on many stages there, and had some great times. I no longer go into downtown areas since the decline has taken over.
Went up the Space Needle. Also visited Mt. St. Helens & Rainier all in the 90's.
I remember going there...there was so much optimism about what the 21st century would be like.
Boy,were we ever wrong.and it seemed like the 21zt century would never come..i'll do it in the 21st century was the ultimate cop out
I was 6 years old and remember my dad covering my eyes as we road the elevator to the top of the Space Needle during the Worlds Fair. Found out later in life my dad had a fear of heights and I guess he thought I did too? So glad I was raised here and experienced life in Seattle.
Anyone remember the open faced Hawaiian burger with a grilled slice of pineapple?. Or the danish hot dog with sweet spicy mustard. They were assume and I can almost taste them now.
We made the trip to the fair from The Dalles, Oregon. I was a month short of 16. I liked the room that made you feel real tall, then real short as you moved to the other end. It was neat seeing the big fountains spraying in the sunken area. In the main pavilion you could see all the couples dancing. The elevator ride to the top of the needle was fun and then seeing the people eating in the restaurant up there. We then walked 2-3 blocks away to our light-blue ‘59 Rambler station wagon and drove off into history.🤗🥳😳
Seattle use to be such an amazing place. now it's basically California. SAD,,,,
My parents were there for that, my mother remembers seeing Elvis coming off the monorail and a group of girls going crazy for him, and scrambling to get a gum wrapper Elvis had thrown on the ground!
While on vacation in the mid-60's my parents took my sister and I to the World's Fair. I remember eating lunch at the top of the space needle.
In 1962, there was only 180 million people in the Country.
beer was a nickel and no long lines for the pisser
Thanks for this. I was there on the day of the Columbus Day Storm. As a four year old, I can remember sheer panic as the sky got dark early and everyone starting racing to the parking lot after announcements were made over the loud speakers. We were hustling to our car when my mother tripped and split her chin wide open. We had to go to the ER for stitches. I also remember a huge stuffed polar bear up on his hind legs. Very intimidating.
When I was a kid our family went one summer on this big west coast vacation where we started with Disney World and worked our way up the coast going to different cities and ending in Seattle before returning the rental car and flying back to Illinois. Seattle was the city, of all the cities, that my ten-year-old self could see living in.
A few years ago I went there as an adult and because of the circumstances basically had several days to myself with no particular obligation. The monorail was kind of weird because it had a very limited route with pretty much a singular start an endpoint. I used it once, but it wasn't something that I used to randomly get around the city as I had expected to. I mainly took the bus from the motel we were staying in into downtown Seattle, and then just walked around Seattle all the time.
So Elvis lied about the ham came from his farm. What a ham.
I was 9 years old when we went there. One of the things I remember was the exhibit of $1 million in silver dollars.
I was 4 years old when that started
1962 was peak Seattle. The glory days!
Could you possibly do a similar video on the 1964 New York World's Fair? I attended it with my parents but I was only 4 years old at the time, so my memories are limited and I have no photos or films from the event.
I was 6 going on 7 and my family and I went there. My mom's Aunt and Uncle lived about an hour southeast of Seattle and we went and spent the summer with them. I remember the Monorail and having lunch at the top of the Space Needle. As I recall, the restaurant slowly rotated, taking about an hour to make a complete rotation, so we dragged out our lunch until we made it all the way around. I also remember a rocket ride. Not like a roller coaster type, but more of a flight simulator, where everyone filed inside for a "flight on an interstellar space liner". I think they actually used an airplane fuselage for it because it had that kind of doors and seats. It had a big screen up front to show us the "pilot's viewpoint". And the whole thing moved - angled up for takeoff, shook for turbulence, that sort of thing. There was a lot more to see and do, but those are the things that stand out in my memory the most. Besides the fair we went to the beach (I got to swim in the Pacific Ocean) and up into the mountains (we had a snowball fight in July!). That fall my "What I did on my Summer Vacation" essay was the talk of the 2nd grade! 😁
i wasnt born yet but i did go every year . loved that bubblelater it was magic
I can remember a bubble elevator from 1966.
I was part of the opening ceremonies at the fair as a member of the College of Idaho travelling choir. I recall that I saw my first "dollar bill changer" in the restuarant atop the Space Needle. I also recall that the facility that was to house us during our stay was not quite ready when we arrived. What sticks in my memory is that we stayed in a warehouse with temporary partions separating the men from the women.