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Pacific Science Center sits on 7.1 acres (29,000 m 2) of land at the southwest corner of Seattle Center.A satellite campus, the Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center, is a collaboration between Pacific Science Center and the City of Bellevue, Washington with educational programming for all ages about environmental stewardship, wetland ecology and nature awareness.
Expo 67 in Montreal. The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) was a world's fair held April 21, 1962, to October 21, 1962, in Seattle, Washington, United States. [ 1][ 2] Nearly 10 million people attended the fair during its six-month run. [ 3]
Seattle Center. Coordinates: 47°37′21″N 122°21′09″W. Space Needle and International Fountain, Seattle Center. Seattle Center is an entertainment, education, tourism and performing arts center located in the Lower Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. Constructed for the 1962 World's Fair, Seattle Center's ...
Minoru Yamasaki. Minoru Yamasaki (山崎 實, Yamasaki Minoru, December 1, 1912 – February 6, 1986)[ 1][ 2] was a Japanese-American [ 3] architect, best known for designing the original World Trade Center in New York City and several other large-scale projects. [ 4] Yamasaki was one of the most prominent architects of the 20th century.
Asilomar Conference Grounds is a conference center built for the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). It is located east of what was known as Moss Beach on the western tip of the Monterey Peninsula in Pacific Grove, California. Between 1913 and 1929 architect Julia Morgan designed and built 16 of the buildings on the property, of which ...
Website. www.chihulygardenandglass.com. Chihuly Garden and Glass is an exhibit in the Seattle Center directly next to the Space Needle, showcasing the studio glass of Dale Chihuly. [ 1] It opened in May 2012 at the former site of the defunct Fun Forest amusement park. [ 2]
World's fair. A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition or an expo, is a large global exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. [ 1] These exhibitions vary in character and are held in different parts of the world at a specific site for a period of time, typically between three and six months.
A fault off the Pacific coast could devastate Washington, Oregon and Northern California with a major earthquake and tsunami. Researchers mapped it comprehensively for the first time.