# Seattle Center Monorail **Domain:** Transit / World's Fairs / Civic Futurism **Doc Type:** Infrastructure Node **Maturity:** Evolving **Related:** [[1962 Seattle World's Fair]], [[World's Fairs]], [[Transition Architecture]], [[Public Mythology]] --- ## Definition The Seattle Center Monorail is the elevated transit line built for the 1962 Century 21 Exposition to connect downtown Seattle with the fairgrounds. ## Corpus Context Alongside the [[Space Needle]], it turned automated movement into a public experience. The fair's future was therefore not only viewed; it transported the visitor. ## Relationships [[1962 Seattle World's Fair]], [[World's Fairs]], [[Transition Architecture]], [[Public Mythology]] ## Sources / Provenance - [[articles/Beyond the Sea|Beyond the Sea]] - https://www.seattlemonorail.com/about/history/