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- Imagine A Large, Exciting Place Where You Are Surrounded With People From All Over The World. All You Can See Are Towering Bu
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| Term Paper Title | - Imagine A Large, Exciting Place Where You Are Surrounded With People From All Over The World. All You Can See Are Towering Bu |
| # of Words | 620 |
| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) | 2.48 |
- Imagine a large, exciting place where you are surrounded with people from all over the world. All you can see are towering buildings, and you feel the excitement of the people around you. But there is something wrong with this picture; it is in the middle of nowhere. It is located in a small town out in the desert: Spokane, Washington. You are part of the Expo '74 - The Spokane World's Fair.
Now back to reality. Expo '74 was held in Spokane, Washington from May 4 through November 3. The theme of this world's fair was "Celebrating a Fresh, New Environment," (http://pw2.netcom.com/~mffuller/index.html). The fair's goal was to teach the world a
whole new ecology. The world's fair was special for two main reasons. The first reason was that it was the only U.S. fair of the Bi-centennial era. The second reason was that no other smaller city had ever hosted a world's fair (Collier's Year Book 1974. Page 609).
During the six months that it was open, over five million people poured into Spokane to visit the Expo. That is roughly 28 times the entire city's population! "Expo was the coolest place I'd ever seen," says Mike Fuller, a visitor who studies and does research on world fairs such as the Spokane World's Fair.
(http://pw2.netcom.com/~mffuller/index.html)
"Expo was the coolest place I'd ever seen!" - M. Fuller
The fair contained numerous rides and food booths. The rides were advertised as the best, state-of-the-art amusement parks, although it wasn't true, says Mike Fuller. The 21 rides were set up at the
last minute and organizers were very disappointed with them. The visitors didn't seem to care though. The Jet Star II roller coaster, made in Germany built a
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