The Rise and Fall of World's Fairs

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The Rise and Fall of World's Fairs

The Rise and Fall of World's Fairs

Sixty years after Seattle's Century 21 Exposition, world's fairs have largely fallen out of fashion in the U.S.

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Richard

 

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We are getting a lot of reminders in Knoxville this year due to the 40th anniversary of the 1982 World's Fair. My husband (who I married two years later) performed there frequently. I had an employee pass (due to a part time job with one of the vendors) but never actually worked there. I'm saddened now by how little I actually saw of the fair, since I was working two jobs and didn't have a lot of time. I think I only went to one of the pavilions (China) and rode the big Ferris wheel once. I attended closing day, watching the band. I remember eating Petros there, which became a local chain afterwards. The World came to Knoxville and I basically missed it.

I wanted to go to the next Fair in New Orleans a couple of years later, but my husband refused.

Sheila