Tomorrow
During April 1939, the New York World's Fair 'Building The World of Tomorrow' opened on what was once a wasteland, just east of the great metropolis. Wedged between the greatest economic disaster in America and the growing international tension that would result in World War II, the Fair promoted the unqualified belief in science and technology as a meaning of economic and personal freedom. Under the title of 'tomorrow' were thus placed the terms of a market-oriented future in which happiness is reached through economic prosperity and endless exchange of products.... more
