Pennsylvania Pavilion for World's Fair, New York, 1939: Hall of Tradition: mirror details, (1/2" = 1'-0" and full size) 1939

Curator: Here we have a blueprint titled "Pennsylvania Pavilion for World's Fair, New York, 1939: Hall of Tradition: mirror details" by R.W.K. It’s a detailed architectural plan for the 1939 World's Fair. Editor: It's so spare, isn't it? Like a ghost of a building. All these faint lines hinting at something grand, something meant to reflect—literally—the promise of tradition. Curator: Mirrors often symbolize self-reflection, but in the context of a World's Fair pavilion, might they also represent a collective reflection on national identity and progress? Editor: Perhaps. Or maybe it was just a dazzling spectacle. I wonder what dreams of the future those visitors saw reflected back at them in 1939. Curator: The design’s emphasis on precision echoes the era’s faith in engineering, a vision of a meticulously constructed future. Editor: A future reflected, distorted, endlessly reproduced. I like that. Curator: Indeed. It's fascinating to consider how a technical drawing can evoke such profound questions about our relationship to the past and future.