Seattle World's Fair-- : reflecting the dimensions of the Pacific Northwest

              SEATTLE AREA INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL
Research and Information Department
Prepared for:  AMERICAN BANKER Newspaper
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November 1961
SEATTLE WORLD'S FAIR * * .
reflecting the dimensions of the Pacific Northwest
A new concept of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest is being generated
even now by the impending Seattle World's Fair ... by the daring Century
21 theme, dependent upon manfs ingenuity in depicting a world yet to come,
rather than an artful display of man's past accomplishments • *• by the
unforgettable picture of the Worldfs Fair site, overlaid on a familiar
photograph of the city ♦ ** by the well-ordered chaos of the site today,
as the futuristic structures take shape • *. and by the vision and capabilities required to make it all come to pass*
From the outset, the persistent, dedicated men who envisioned Seattle as
host to the world knew that a truly great world's fair would put the many
facets of the Pacific Northwest into focus♦  They knew that many of the
millions to visit it would find a city and an economy far different from
the one they had imagined* And they knew that their city and the Pacific
Northwest as a whole would profit from this new knowledge.
Perhaps the most revealing picture is the one being seen by Seattle itself.
This has always been a somewhat self-conscious city ♦•. proud, yet hesitant
to consider itself in the same light with its older, sophisticated counterparts across the nation*  In preparing an exhibition to excite the imagination and energies of the v/orld . .* in preparing to greet, serve, and
entertain some eight million visitors ••• Seattle has examined itself
closely and has found a mature resourcefullness and sophistication*
Today it's a busy, self-assured and excited city - confident in the knowledge that its citizens have not only the vision and courage, but the resources to sponsor the first world's fair to be held in this nation in
more than twenty years*
The basic financial-resources have been drawn from the State of Washington,
City of Seattle, the local sale of Exposition Bonds and from the Federal
government*  The City's contribution is the linked complex of buildings
which will constitute the Seattle Center after the Fair and represents an
investment of well over $10 million in structures alone* Here will be
found the Playhouse, the Opera House, the Arena, the Exhibition Hall, and
the Display Hall - and at the focal point, the magnificent fountain*  The
State has appropriated $10.5 million, represented by the massive Coliseum
and the "World of Century 21" - a structure eleven stories tall with a
suspended roof covering four acres, housing a vivid glimpse of the way we
will live, work and play in the years 2000 plus*
The judgment of state and local investors was upheld by the Congress when
it appropriated $9 million to provide the "World of Science11* within the
U. S* Science Pavilion*
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