New York World's Fair Corporation

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nonprofit organization world's fair organizing body

The New York World's Fair Corporation was the organization responsible for planning, financing, and managing the large-scale international exposition held in New York City in 1939–1940.

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Surface form	Occurrences
1939 New York World's Fair Corporation	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	nonprofit organization ⓘ world's fair organizing body ⓘ
activityEnd	1940 ⓘ
activityStart	1935 ⓘ
associatedWithEventTheme	The World of Tomorrow GENERATED ⓘ
basedInMetropolitanArea	New York metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dissolvedAfter	1940 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	international expositions ⓘ large-scale public exhibitions ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New York City ⓘ Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ
industry	event management ⓘ exhibition management ⓘ
legalForm	corporation ⓘ
locatedIn	New York NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ Queens ⓘ
mainPurpose	financing the 1939–1940 New York World's Fair ⓘ managing the 1939–1940 New York World's Fair ⓘ planning the 1939–1940 New York World's Fair ⓘ
notableProject	development of Flushing Meadows as a fairground ⓘ
operatedAs	nonprofit corporation ⓘ
operatedDuring	Great Depression era NERFINISHED ⓘ pre–World War II period ⓘ
operatedIn	Flushing Meadows–Corona Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedInTimeSpan	1930s GENERATED ⓘ 1940s GENERATED ⓘ
organized	1939 New York World's Fair NERFINISHED ⓘ 1940 New York World's Fair NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizedEventBorough	Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizedEventCity	New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
organizedEventLocation	Flushing Meadows–Corona Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	construction of fair pavilions and infrastructure ⓘ coordination with foreign and domestic exhibitors ⓘ leasing exhibition space to participants ⓘ overall fair operations ⓘ promotion of the 1939–1940 New York World's Fair ⓘ
subjectOf	histories of the 1939–1940 New York World's Fair ⓘ
usedFundingMethod	bond financing ⓘ concession fees ⓘ exhibit rentals ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New York World's Fair (1939–1940) → organizer → New York World's Fair Corporation ⓘ

The World of Tomorrow → promotedBy → New York World's Fair Corporation ⓘ

Democracity → commissionedBy → New York World's Fair Corporation ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1939 New York World's Fair Corporation