10 Facts About the Lost Giant Trylon and Perisphere from the 1939 World’s Fair. Nicole Saraniero Jul 18, 2018. July 18 2018 6 min read Share. Tweet Share Share Email Copy.

The Trylon and Perisphere were the centerpieces of the 1939 World’s Fair and this piece of promotional architecture was one of many replicas that popped up around NYC to promote the fair.

The Trylon and Perisphere themselves, while no longer physically extant, have earned an enduring legacy as one of the world’s greatest symbols of hope for the future when there seemed to be no ...

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Planners who laid out the 1939 fair employed formal, Beaux-Arts principles of symmetry and order. Main streets on the sprawling grounds would radiate out from the Trylon and Perisphere focal point.

The title of this episode, “Trylon and Perisphere,” refers to a pair of iconic structures from the 1939 World’s Fair, at which the theme was “World of Tomorrow.” ...