Landslide 2008: Marvels of Modernism / The Cultural Landscape Foundation

Seattle, Washington

Pacific Science Center Courtyard
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Photo © Christopher Rauschenberg

The 1962 World’s Fair transformed Seattle into a metropolitan port city. Not only did the Fair direct international attention to Seattle, but it created a legacy of civic buildings supporting the arts, sciences, and entertainment.

Now known as the Seattle Center, the site includes the city’s most well-known landmark, the Space Needle. The Seattle Center has come to be known as the community meeting spot for reflection and celebration. Thousands flocked there after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968 and after the events of September 11, 2001. Today, the site is home to the annual Northwest Folklife Festival and the Seattle Repertory Theater.

As one of the few extant works of the Seattle-born Yamasaki still remaining in the city, the Pacific Science Center and its courtyard are significant for their association with the internationally-renown architect. Moreover, the pavilion continues to represent the optimism of the global dialogue that produced the Fair.

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American Society of Landscape Architects’ Indiana, Pennsylvania/Delaware, Minnesota, Northern California, Texas, Upstate New York, and Washington Chapters • Astorino • Charles Butt • Design Within Reach • Topher Delaney • Sandy Donnell & Justin Faggioli • Fathom • Tom Fox • Hillman Foundation • Indianapolis Museum of Art • Lorraine Osmundson • Richard T. Murphy • National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Northeast, Southwest, and Western Offices- with funds from the Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation of New York, Dodge Jones Foundation Intervention Fund, and Eastern Massachusetts Preservation Fund • James Richards • Seibert & Rice • Diana & Bruce Shuman • Ann Stack • SWA Group • TBG Partners • Michal and Jeffrey William Tincup • Unilock Inc. • The Woltz Charitable Trust


Seattle, Washington Pacific Science Center Courtyard history continued Intro history threat help learn Photo © Christopher Rauschenberg The 1962 World’s Fair transformed Seattle into a metropolitan port city. Not only did the Fair direct international attention to Seattle, but it created a legacy of civic buildings supporting the arts, sciences, and entertainment. Now known as the Seattle Center, the site includes the city’s most well-known landmark, the Space Needle. The Seattle Center has come to be known as the community meeting spot for reflection and celebration. Thousands flocked there after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968 and after the events of September 11, 2001. Today, the site is home to the annual Northwest Folklife Festival and the Seattle Repertory Theater. As one of the few extant works of the Seattle-born Yamasaki still remaining in the city, the Pacific Science Center and its courtyard are significant for their association with the internationally-renown architect. Moreover, the pavilion continues to represent the optimism of the global dialogue that produced the Fair. back \| next	Boston City Hall Plaza Boston, Massachusetts Estates Drive Reservoir Oakland, California Heritage Plaza Heritage Park Fort Worth, Texas Kaiser Roof Garden Kaiser Center Oakland, California Lake Elizabeth Allegheny Commons Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Manhattan Square Park Rochester, New York Mill Creek Canyon Earthworks Kent, Washington Miller Garden Columbus, Indiana El Monte Hato Rey, Puerto Rico Pacific Science Center Courtyard Seattle, Washington Parkmerced San Francisco, California Peavey Plaza Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, Minnesota Home \| Map \| Exhibit \| Artists \| Press
education partners Additional Sponsors American Society of Landscape Architects’ Indiana, Pennsylvania/Delaware, Minnesota, Northern California, Texas, Upstate New York, and Washington Chapters • Astorino • Charles Butt • Design Within Reach • Topher Delaney • Sandy Donnell & Justin Faggioli • Fathom • Tom Fox • Hillman Foundation • Indianapolis Museum of Art • Lorraine Osmundson • Richard T. Murphy • National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Northeast, Southwest, and Western Offices- with funds from the Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation of New York, Dodge Jones Foundation Intervention Fund, and Eastern Massachusetts Preservation Fund • James Richards • Seibert & Rice • Diana & Bruce Shuman • Ann Stack • SWA Group • TBG Partners • Michal and Jeffrey William Tincup • Unilock Inc. • The Woltz Charitable Trust