If the 1939 Futurama could
be described as civic planning with a dash of Buck Rogers, then the
1964 Futurama was the last hurrah of the Space Age. It was a
time when the this-is-really-what-the-future-will-look-like style
could be presented without a trace of irony.
Here is the Futurama II lobby in all of it's '60s glory.
Remember, when people walked in here, they did not think of it as a
futuristic style of room decor, they really imagined that it would be
the future once the workings were tucked in behind the facades.
If the 1939 Futurama could
be described as civic planning with a dash of Buck Rogers, then the
1964 Futurama was the last hurrah of the Space Age. It was a
time when the this-is-really-what-the-future-will-look-like style
could be presented without a trace of irony.