Back then, it housed “the greatest scientific display ever assembled in this country.” Yes, Seattle was one swaggering city of Space Age superlatives when it put on the 1962 World’s Fair.

Through the years the fair shed the Century 21 name and was remembered simply as the Seattle World's Fair. It was also remembered for the introduction of the monorail to generations of Seattleites ...

This is the second of a five-part series on the 50th anniversary of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. The series revisits The Seattle Times’ souvenir edition that was published before the fair ...

October 21, 1962 was the last day to visit the Seattle World’s Fair. In case you missed it, here is a quick look back. This TV commercial invites us to the fair with the line, “Welcome to the ...

If there was a high point for Space Age excitement about all things futuristic and shiny, it might well have been the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, at which we would be promised such great things ...