Jay Swayze | |
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 October 1963 Jay Swayze (center) preparing to break ground on an underground house on the future site of the 1964 World’s Fair. At left is franchised-builder Walter Nolan, with entertainer Jimmy Dean at right. | |
| Born | Julian Harvey Swayze 27 October 1923[citation needed] |
| Died | 12 June 1981 (aged 57)[citation needed] Amarillo, Texas, US |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Spouse | Ruth (née Boren) Swayze |
| Children | 2 |
| Design | |
Julian Harvey "Jay" Swayze (27 October 1923 – 12 June 1981) was an architect from Plainview, Texas best known for his creation of Underground World Home at the 1964 New York World's Fair, which proved to be not popular at the fair.[1] During his career he was a promoter of underground living and he wrote a book called: Underground gardens & homes: The best of two worlds, above and below.
- ^ Bounds, Anna Maria (4 June 2020). Bracing for the Apocalypse: An Ethnographic Study of New York's 'Prepper' Subculture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-84633-2.