 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Vavaki vemifananidzo vaviri vakakunda chibvumirano chokugadzira 1939-40 New York Worlds Fair; uye muna 1939 injiniya John O. Merrill akabatana nekambani semumwe wayo. Zita racho rakachinjwa kuva Skidmore, Owings Merrill uye mashandiro ekambani akaitwa kuti asave pakati. Mabasa aOwings okutanga akanga ari pahofisi yokuChicago. Skidmore aishanda muNew York. Owings naSkidmore vakanga vadzidza nenzira yakaoma kuti vakanga vasingagoni kuwirirana. Ukama hwavashandi hwakanga husina kunaka hwaigona kuva hwakaparadza sangano racho, asi SOM yakabudirira, pasinei, kana kuti zvichida nemhaka, yokusavimba kwakanga kuchibvira. 