Building I
- EXHIBIT
- United Mexican States
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- AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
- Mr. Adolfo Huerta M.
- Subdirector General de Comercio
- Avenida Cuauhtemoc 80
- Mexico D.F., Mexico
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- Mr. Jorge Canavati,
- Commercial Attache
- Deputy Commissioner General
- Mexican Coffee Institute
- 120 Wall Street
- New York 5, New York
- WH 3-7878
- CONTRACT SIGNED
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- October 30, 1961
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- LOCATION
- Block 29; Lot 1
- International Area
- AREA
- 30,001 sq. ft.
- ARCHITECT
- Pedro Ramirez Vazquez and
- Rafael Mijares
- Avenida de las Fuentes 170
- Mexico 21, D.F., Mexico
- __and
- Mr. Eduardo Terrazas
- Lev Zetlin and Assocs.
- 114 East 32 Street
- New York 16, New York
- MU 3-0458
- CONTRACTOR
- Starrett Brothers and Eken, Inc.
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SOURCE: 1964 World's Fair Information Manual
- FEATURES
- Mexico will have its exhibit adjacent to the Fair's symbol, the Unisphere. Its concave walls will architecturally complement the sphere's contours.
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- The building will cover approximately 13,180 feet of the plot. Ten columns of steel and concrete, will support the entire building. The roof will have a translucent circular center which will serve as a lantern, filtering light throughout the exhibit hall. This hall will contain three stories of exhibits and displays.
- The United Mexican States plan to use native materials in the construction of the exhibits, such as "Tezontle" (a reddish porous stone) and white marble. The front walls will be aluminum.
- The remaineder of Mexico's plot will be partially covered by a rectangular pool, in the center of which will be a piece of native sculpture.
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Building II
- EXHIBIT
- United States of Mexico
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- AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
- Mr. Adolfo Huerta M.
- Subdirector General de Comercio
- Avenida Cuauhtemoc 80
- Mexico D.F., Mexico
- __and
- Mr. Jorge Canavati,
- Commercial Attache
- Deputy Commissioner General
- Mexican Coffee Institute
- 120 Wall Street
- New York 5, New York
- WH 3-7878
- CONTRACT SIGNED
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- August 14, 1963
- ADMISSION
- Free
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- LOCATION
- Block 29; Lot 7
- International Area
- AREA
- 9,537 sq. ft.
- ARCHITECT
- Pedro Ramirez Vazquez and
- Rafael Mijares
- Avenida de las Fuentes 170
- Mexico 21, D.F., Mexico
- __and
- Mr. Eduardo Terrazas
- Lev Zetlin and Assocs.
- 114 East 32 Street
- New York 16, New York
- MU 3-0458
- CONTRACTOR
- Starrett Brothers and Eken, Inc.
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SOURCE: 1964 World's Fair Information Manual
- FEATURES
- Exterior: The grills of colored blown glass blocks which will be used as part of the facing of the Mexican Pavilion #II, are called "carretones", and will be brought from Mexico.
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- The stone plaza behind the pavilion will have an outdoor restaurant. The plaza extends into the corridor which adjoins Pavilon #I and becomes integrated into the plaza of Pavilion #I. The stones will be brought from Mexico and are called "Adoquines de Queretaro", ("Flag stones from Queretaro").
- Interior: The design of the interior of the two-floor pavilion will be done with Mexican wood called "huanacastle". The pavilion will accommodate restaurants both on the first and second floors. The dining room on the second floor will be of a more luxurious nature and it will be designed so that the room can be divided into private dining areas for special parties. The three part restaurant will handle more than 200 people. The cocktail lounge and bar are on the first floor.
- Tropical plants will be hung from the high ceilings on large copper trays. Similar plants will be hung from an open area in the rear of the second floor of the outside recessed wall.
- The exhibits of artifacts and other products from Mexico will be displayed as part of the interior decorations.
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Mexico
Source: NY World's Fair Publication For Those Who Produced the New York World's Fair 1964-1965
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