government offices remained open) The United States Patent and Trademark Office NASA, including all field centers and the agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C. Resorts and vacation spots including: Disneyland and Knotts Berry Farm (only on September 11) Walt Disney World (only on September 11) Universal Studios Florida Universal Studios Hollywood SeaWorld Six Flags All television and movie studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California All Westfield shopping centers, malls and shoppingtowns nationwide, as they owned the underground shopping mall at the World Trade Center The John Hancock Tower and Prudential Tower in Boston Enron Complex and several other skyscrapers in Downtown Houston The Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco The U.S. Steel Tower in Pittsburgh The Renaissance Center in Detroit The IDS Tower in Minneapolis Bank of America and Wachovia headquarters towers in Uptown Charlotte The World Trade Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota OneAmerica Tower in Indianapolis HSBC Tower in Buffalo, New York AXA Towers in Syracuse, New York Sunset Bronson Studios in Hollywood AOL Headquarters in Dulles, Virginia International Toronto: CN Tower, Toronto-Dominion Centre, Toronto Stock Exchange, Ottawa: Parliament Hill, Supreme Court of Canada, London: Canary Wharf, Lloyd's building, Stock Exchange Tower, NatWest Tower Kuala Lumpur: Petronas Towers Government and cultural cancellations and postponements In an atmosphere reminiscent of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, everyday life around the world came to a standstill in the days after the September 11 attacks. For this reason, as well as for reasons of perceived threat associated with large gatherings, many events were postponed or cancelled. Other events were also cancelled, postponed, or modified: Voting on September 11 in the City of New York Mayoral Primary Election was halted. Elections in Syracuse and Buffalo, New York were also delayed. The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), with the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations to be held in Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia, was postponed. The organizers of the meeting claimed it was not so much a fear of terrorist attack on the meeting itself, but a desire by many Commonwealth leaders to stay at home in case of any further crisis-making world events (such as the commencement of overt military action in Afghanistan or elsewhere). The CHOGM was eventually convened at Coolum Beach, Queensland. The Mexican Independence Parade scheduled for September 16 in Mexico City was delayed one day in a show of compassion; many other Independence