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The Underground World Home was an exhibit at the 1964 New York World's Fair of a partially underground house which doubled as a bomb shelter.Designed by architect Jay Swayze, who made a specialty of underground homes, it was situated on the campus of the expo besides the Hall of Science and north of the expo's heliport in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens.
The New York World's Fair 1964 Corporation ... based on a 10-room underground house designed by Jay Swayze in Texas. [282] This was the deepest exhibit at the fair ...
He referred to his underground home construction design as a “ship-in-a-bottle” design. [3] He designed a home for the 1964 New York World's Fair and it was called the Underground World Home. [7] The cost of the exhibit and home was one million dollars. [2] Swayze was not able to make any sales of his underground homes from the fair exhibit ...
World’s Fair visitors walk around the Unisphere as the Swiss Sky Ride cars are in the background 112 off the ground on April 25, 1964, in Queens, N.Y. Credit - John Curran—Newsday via Getty Images
The 1964 New York World's Fair (also known as the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair) was an international exposition at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. The fair included exhibitions, activities, performances, films, art, and food presented by 80 nations, 24 U.S. states , and nearly 350 American companies.
During that same year, Henderson undertook the construction of an almost identical underground home, sponsoring the Underground World Home exhibit at the 1964 New York World's Fair, copying the concept pioneered by the Swayze brothers. [8] [9] [10] Henderson and his wife spent time on the property. [11] Underground near House Ward, Colorado
Henderson, who sponsored the Underground Home exhibit at the New York World's Fair in 1964, went to great lengths to make the shelter feel like a normal home.
In 1964, he sponsored the Underground World Home exhibit at the New York World's Fair. [15] In addition to the underground home, there was also an exhibit sponsored by Henderson called "Why Live Underground?" [14] [16] At the height of the Cold War and fearing nuclear war or other catastrophe, Henderson built and lived in underground homes in ...