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Saturday, February 18, 2012

1962 Seattle World's Fair: A city in orbit

Seattle Times desk editor Bill Kossen went to the 1962 World's Fair when he was in the first grade. He drew this picture of the fairgrounds for a class exercise in which he created what appears to be the world's first floating parking garage, drifting up toward the Space Needle. He later got a "D" in art.