It was designed for a world fair in seattle, yes.
The Space Needle was built as an attraction for the Seattle Worlds Fair of 1962.
The space needle was build in the 1940's for the world fair. The theme of the fair was the future. The person that build the needle wanted to make some thing that would make people of space. So he named it the space needle.
The Space Needle was opened to the public during the Seattle World's Fair, on April 21, 1962.
The Space needle at the Minnesota state fair is 300 feet tall
first world fair
It was built to celebrate the World's Fair.
The space needle is located in Seattle, Washington and is known to be a large tourist attraction year in year out, originally made for the worlds fair of 1962, it had almost twenty thousand people a day going up and down its magnificent elevators and during the fair almost 2 million people in all.
the short answer is that it was built for the Seattle worlds fair in 1962. it is significant to the city now as a tourist attraction and i think most locals like it too. Its certainly a significant and very recognizable landmark for the city of Seattle.
Seattle, WashingtonBetween April 21 and October 21, 1962 on the grounds of what is now Seattle Center.
No, its neither. Its a tall tower structure. That was built for the Seattle worlds fair of 1962. You can take the elevator to the top. There is an observation deck and a restaurant. It was built to look "space age" for 1962. But No dome , NO arch.
The space needle has nothing to do with space, it is just a tourist location in Seattle, WA that is used for restaurant's. It slowly rotates and mostly just looks cool. Actually.. It was built for the World's Fair. Not for restaurants.
The Space Needle, located in Seattle, Washington, was built in 1962 for the Century 21 Exposition, aka. the 1962 Worlds Fair. Construction work began on 17 April 1961 and it was open for business on 21 April 1962.