Brief information is given on several outstanding structures at New York World's Fair; Unisphere, contributed to Fair and City by U S Steel Corp is stainless steel globe 120 ft in diam; review includes Ford's 235-ft diam rotunda with exterior vehicular runways, Port of New York Authority heliport, General Motors unusual canopy on structure, IBM "people-mover" to lift audiences inside giant theater, and General Electric, Travelers Insurance Co, Bell System, Bethlehem Steel Co, etc, structures.
Special report on world's fair
Civ Eng (NY)
Civil Engineering (New York) ; 34 , n 6
1964
15 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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