In 1935, at the height of the Great Depression, a group of New York City businessmen decided to create an international exposition to help lift the city and the country out of its economic woes. After the close of the fair in 1940, many exhibits were demolished or removed, though some buildings were retained for the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair, held at the same site. When World War II began four months into the 1939 World's Fair, many exhibits were affected, especially those on display in the pavilions of countries under Axis occupation.
It was the first exposition to be based on the future, with an opening slogan of "Dawn of a New Day", and it allowed all visitors to take a look at "the world of tomorrow". Many countries around the world participated in it, and over 44 million people attended its exhibits in two seasons. Louis's Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. It was the second-most expensive American world's fair of all time, exceeded only by St. The 1939–1940 New York World's Fair was a world's fair held at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York, United States. International Exhibition on Urbanism and Housing (1947) in ParisĮxposition internationale de l'eau in Liège Second International Aeronautic Exhibition (1938) in Helsinki
40☄4′39″N 73★0′40″W / 40.74417°N 73.84444°W / 40.74417 -73.84444Įxposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in ParisĮxposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince in Port-au-Prince
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