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Bookmark or Share- Trylon and Perisphere - WikipediaThe Trylon and Perisphere were two monumental modernistic structures designed by architects Wallace Harrison and J. Andre Fouilhoux that were together known as the Theme Center of the 1939 New York World's Fair. The Perisphere was a tremendous sphere, 180 feet (55 m) in diameter, connected to the 610-foot (190 m) spire-shaped Trylon by what was ...
- The 1939 New York World's Fair - The AtlanticRosalie Fairbanks, a guide to the New York World's Fair, points to the theme of the exposition -- the Trylon and Perisphere -- in New York on February 22, 1939, after the entire sheath of...
- 10 Facts About the Lost Giant Trylon and Perisphere from the 1939 World ...Missing from the park today are the two distinctive structures that served as the symbols of the 1939 fair, a towering 610-foot Trylon and an imposing 200-foot Perisphere. Here we’ve compiled 10...
- AD Classics: Trylon and Perisphere / Harrison and FouilhouxThe Trylon and Perisphere were, respectively, a three-sided obelisk and a sphere mounted on five steel pillars. Connecting and encircling the two buildings was a 950-foot ramp called the...
- Trylon and Perisphere | ArchitectuulConnected to the 210 m spire-shaped Trylon by what was at the time the world's longest escalator, the Perisphere was a tremendous sphere, 180 feet in diameter. The sphere housed a diorama called "Democracity" which, in keeping with the fair's theme "The World of Tomorrow", depicted a utopian city-of-the-future.
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