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Interama (originally known as the Inter-American Center) was a planned international exposition which would have been in Miami, Florida. From the start, the Inter-American Center was conceived as a permanent international exposition of the Americas with cultural, educational, and trade activities, thereby combining the features of an amusement park, world's fair and trade fair. Interama would have showcased the culture, businesses, government and arts of countries from South America, Central America, North America, and parts of Africa and Europe. The exposition would have been permanent, and thus would not have been a "World's Fair", since, by definition, World's Fairs last no more than six months. ==Conception== Recognizing Miami’s increasing importance as a commercial and cultural hemispheric hub, business and civic leaders proposed the construction of a Pan-American trade mart in Miami as early as 1919 under the leadership of Miami Mayor Ed Sewell. 〔http://web.archive.org/web/20100612183743/http://www.hmsf.org/exhibits/interama/interama.pdf〕 But it wasn't until 1939 that Florida Senator Claude Pepper and other delegates at the Florida State Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution proposing that a Pan-American trade mart be built in Miami. 〔 In 1950, Washington approved a government-sponsored Inter-American Center in Miami, and on October 12 of that year, several Latin American republics signed preliminary participation in the project. In 1951, the Florida Legislature established the Inter-American Authority under the leadership of Dr. W. H. Walker. At the same time, the IAA selected a bay-front site, five miles (8 km) north of central Miami on a site originally intended to be an airport. New York architect Hugh Ferriss was the main visual interpreter of the first master plans from 1950-1956. Ferriss had previously worked as the official renderer for the 1939 New York World’s Fair. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Interama (exhibition)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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