The Space Needle is getting doubly cool. Visitors to the iconic Seattle tower can now ride to the top in a double-decker, ...

But the Space Needle, though designed for a specific purpose — icon of the “Century 21” World’s Fair — wound up with a strangely enduring look. Carlson, the fair committee chairman ...

“It is the landmark of Seattle. If anybody thinks of Seattle, they think of the Space Needle.” Built for the 1962 World’s Fair, the Space Needle has been providing visitors with panoramic ...

The Seattle Space Needle unveiled a new attraction on Friday as part of a $100 million privately funded improvement project.

More on the world’s first rotating glass floor When the Space Needle opened at the Seattle World’s Fair in 1962, it featured a rotating restaurant on the 500-foot level, just below the ...

Berger, author of “Space Needle: The Spirit of Seattle,” said ... who both visited the world’s fair that spawned it, have built structures literally next door.” The Bill and Melinda ...

Carlson, who was a chief organizer of the 1962 World’s Fair, traveled to Stuttgart, Germany, where he was inspired by a broadcast tower featuring a restaurant, according to the Space Needle's ...

In March 1956 the World Fair Commission surveyed possible sites for the proposed fair. Eddie Carlson, the man who made the first sketch of the Space Needle, was chairman of the commission.

But in Seattle, the mood was anticipatory—and awaiting the Century 21 World’s Fair and the unveiling of the new Space Needle. The 1962 World’s Fair—an exposition of modern technology and ...

It gave us an international civic symbol, the Space Needle, second only to the Eiffel Tower as a world’s fair souvenir and a tourist attraction known around the world. The 1947 High School Memorial ...