Insider's Guide

1962 World's Fair

Fifty years ago, the 1962 World’s Fair did more than just celebrate global culture. It put Seattle on display, inspired world leaders, and erected a certain needle-shaped tower. A look at the 184 days that changed Seattle—and the world—forever.

07/25/2012 With Kathryn Robinson, Matthew Halverson, Laura Cassidy, Christopher Werner, Laura Dannen, Brian Colella, Allecia Vermillion, and Janet Pelz By James Ross Gardner and Allison Williams

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Faces of the Fair

03/13/2012

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Northwest Bookshelf: Science on Ice

01/26/2012

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Dispatches from Seattlemet.com

01/26/2012 By Christopher Werner

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Pacific Northwest Ballet Premiere’s a New Quixote

01/25/2012 By Laura Dannen

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The Perfect Party

Here’s who we’d invite if we could entertain this month’s most interesting visitors, locals, and newsmakers.

01/25/2012 By Allison Williams

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Trade Secrets: Kill It at Karaoke

01/25/2012 By Allie Oosta

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Spring Arts 2012: Then and Now

The lasting cultural legacy of the 1962 World’s Fair was the city’s new civic hub, Seattle Center, home to world-class opera, ballet, theater, art—and a visit from King Tut—then, and now.

01/21/2012 By Laura Dannen With Allie Oosta and Brian Colella

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Seattle Met Picks

01/20/2012 By Laura Dannen

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Fiction: Jim Lynch’s World’s Fair Tale, Truth Like the Sun

An exclusive excerpt.

01/20/2012 By Jim Lynch

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Seattle Center House Recycled

In time for the 50th anniversary of the World’s Fair, Graham Baba Architects turns the old armory into a house of light.

01/20/2012 By David Laskin

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Visionaries Imagine Seattle in 2062

01/20/2012 By James Ross Gardner and Brian Colella

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The Seattle World’s Fair in 2012

In 1962, Seattle introduced the world to the Space Needle and Belgian waffles. We asked Seattle experts to imagine a 2012 version.

01/20/2012

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The 1962 World's Fair: A Timeline

An overview.

01/20/2012

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1962 World’s Fair 50th Anniversary

Fifty years ago, the 1962 World’s Fair did more than just celebrate global culture. It put Seattle on display, inspired world leaders, and erected a certain needle-shaped tower. A look at the 184 days that changed Seattle—and the world—forever.

01/20/2012 With Kathryn Robinson, Matthew Halverson, Laura Cassidy, Christopher Werner, Laura Dannen, Brian Colella, Allecia Vermillion, and Janet Pelz By James Ross Gardner and Allison Williams

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Katsu Burger’s Mt. Fuji Mega Burger, Deconstructed

Chef Hajime Sato

01/26/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

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That’s Amaro

Mike Easton of Il Corvo works with Capitol Hill’s Oola Distillery to bottle and sell amaro

01/25/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

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Mezcaleria Oaxaca Opens on Queen Anne

01/25/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

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Altura’s Heavenly Italian Restaurant on Capitol Hill

01/25/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

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Met List: Belgian Waffles

01/24/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

Editor's Note

Grand Visions for Seattle

01/27/2012 By Katherine Koberg

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One Woman’s Quest to Solarize Magnolia

01/25/2012 By Matthew Halverson

Web Exclusive

Slideshow: Seattle’s 10 Greatest Homes

12/20/2011

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Fat Tax Tirades, the City’s Best-Dressed Teacher, Craft Distillers

01/27/2012

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Touchdowns for Price Tags

Student athletes now pay to play sports in public high schools.

01/25/2012 By Claudia Rowe

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Seattle’s Little Intimacy Problem

A native deconstructs our city’s little intimacy problem.

01/25/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

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Boxer Queen Underwood, 2012 Olympic Hopeful

01/25/2012 By Matthew Halverson

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Paul Allen’s Unlikely Space-Faring Venture

01/25/2012 By Matthew Halverson

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Romotive Turns Your iPhone into a Robot

01/25/2012

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This is Your Brain on Love

Neuroscience has a lot to say about the emotion most celebrated on February 14.

01/25/2012 By James Ross Gardner

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The Math: Street Charity and the Rules of Engagement

01/25/2012

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La Tienda’s World’s Fair Beginnings

How the Mexican Pavilion inspired one of Seattle's favorite world-sourced artisan boutiques.

01/26/2012 By Janet Pelz

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An Interview with Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize–Winning Author of A Visit From the Goon Squad

01/20/2012 By Laura Dannen

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Brave New Fashions

View a slideshow of space-age fashions from Town and Country magazine, August 1962.

01/20/2012

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Vintage Video from Seattle’s 1962 World’s Fair

01/20/2012