Many people forget that New York has held THREE world's fairs: 1853, 1939-1940, and 1964-1965. http://t.co/UfWYQmK1Q3
28 February 2013
22 February 2013
@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Friday, February 22, 2013
Photo: 2013 marks the 25th anniversary of Brisbane, Australia’s Expo ‘88.... http://t.co/17pzCzfQC2
Photo: The 50th anniversary of the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair is coming up soon!... http://t.co/8M0VYHufmu
09 February 2013
@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Saturday, February 09, 2013
One of http://t.co/2551WYLv's latest acquisitions: a 1933-1934 Chicago pocket watch featuring Mickey Mouse: http://t.co/PcQDGO3D
Interesting conversation on http://t.co/okHrzLai: What (USA) city would best host a world's fair?: http://t.co/kgDeqV3I
04 February 2013
@ExpoMuseum Twitter: Monday, February 04, 2013
Proposed 2014 New York World's Fair - It's great to see folks in New York talking about hosting another world… http://t.co/1h9mbbOf
Good to see folks in NY talking about having a world's fair, but 2014 would be too soon: http://t.co/vfZdKdLG
A New York World's Fair in 2014?
It's interesting to see a mayoral candidate in New York talking about that city hosting a world's fair again, but 2014 is WAY too soon, but it would be great to see another city interested in 2022 or 2025.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/02/catsimatidis-wants-a-worlds-fair-in-2014.html
Typically, in articles like these, comments run along typical lines. There are usually two points people try to make:
1. World's fairs don't happen anymore (or "They still have world's fairs?")
2. We don't need world's fairs anymore because we know all about other countries.
In working out my usual "talking points" about why we need world's fairs, it occurs to me that those two sentiments negate each other. Clearly, Americans don't REALLY know what's going on in the rest of the world, at least not in countries that we aren't at war with.
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