Democracity

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Democracity was a utopian, futuristic model city exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair that envisioned an idealized, technologically advanced American society.

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Democracity canonical 1
Democracity diorama 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf futuristic city
utopian city model
world's fair exhibit
associatedStructure Trylon
borough Queens
city New York City
closingYear 1940
commissionedBy New York World's Fair Corporation
surface form: 1939 New York World's Fair Corporation
country United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts future city of 2039
idealized American society
designedBy Henry Dreyfuss
exhibitedAt New York World's Fair (1939–1940)
surface form: 1939 New York World's Fair
exhibitType central theme exhibit
diorama
scale model
features airports and air traffic
central civic center
greenbelt areas
highways and parkways
industrial zones separated from housing
mass transit system
radial transportation network
suburban-style housing
zoned residential districts
goal to illustrate benefits of coordinated urban planning
to promote faith in planned technological progress
ideology American progressivism
technocratic optimism
includes narrated sound presentation
influenced public imagination of future American cities
influencedBy Garden city movement
surface form: Garden City movement

modernist planning theories
languageOfNarration English
locatedInEvent New York World's Fair (1939–1940)
surface form: 1939 New York World's Fair
locatedInPavilion Trylon and Perisphere
surface form: Perisphere
openingYear 1939
partOf Trylon and Perisphere complex
scaleModelOf futuristic metropolis
slogan The World of Tomorrow
theme modernist urbanism
planned community
technological progress
utopian future
timeSetting year 2039
usesMedium electric lighting effects
mechanized model
venue Flushing Meadows–Corona Park

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New York World's Fair (1939–1940) featuredAttraction Democracity
this entity surface form: Democracity diorama