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• 11:47 RT @planet_book #30 R. Hardy, 5 stars: Eiffel's Tower: And the World's Fair Where Buffalo Bill Beguiled Paris... planetbook.org/15815 #
• 11:48 RT @GetDanceJobs Performing for World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China - Shanghai, China, US (tinyurl.com/koy7bc ) Get Dance Jobs #Dance #
• 13:48 Estonia always has great world's fair pavilions. Their Expo 2010 one looks to be no exception: tinyurl.com/expo2010estonia #

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Estonia at Expo 2010

As far as I can tell from an online translator, "varjatud linnad" means roughly "interurban undercurrent." That would certainly match the visuals and Expo 2010's theme.

Estonia always has great world's fair pavilions and this preview of their Expo 2010 pavilion looks to be no exception.

As a graphic designer, my favorite world's fair pavilion brochure of all time was the Estonia Pavilion's brochure at Expo 2000 in Hannover entitled "A Dozen Questions about Estonia." It was very colorful, clever, and tongue-in-cheek.

CORRECTION: I've since learned that this was only a proposal for the Estonia Pavilion and that another entry won. Still, if one of the losing entries is this interesting, we can only guess how compelling the final pavilion will be.

Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 00:07 RT @ExpertVillage History of Cotton Candy, The history of cotton candy begins at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. bit.ly/34shgU #
• 00:13 Video of the construction of the German Pavilion for the Chinese World's Fair whose name is a pun in English: tinyurl.com/mwg7gm #
• 09:03 Watch me being interviewed (via SF Public Access) tonight at 6:30 p.m. Pacific. Online viewing info at: expomuseum.com/blog/ #
• 11:03 RT @OMG_Dj_Judy Stopped in flushing meadow park with World's fair history! Gorgeous! twitpic.com/f8fe9 #
• 11:05 RT @DosFactotum bit.ly/FpfSx poland, korea, denmark ... Expo 2010's most promising pavilions (yes, there are still world's fairs!) #
• 16:11 Belgian waffles to return to Flushing Meadows, the 1964-'65 New York World's Fair legacy site? tinyurl.com/ku55ye #
• 19:41 Just appeared on San Francisco public access television talking about world's fairs. I hope to have video online soon. #

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Interview on San Francisco Public Access Television

Tonight, I will be interviewed on the topic of world's fairs by Peter Camarda on San Francisco Public Access Channel 2 (Comcast 76, Astound 30) at 6:30 p.m.

In addition to it being seen locally, it will be available for live viewing on their web site:
http://www.accessf.org/stream.php?stream=2

I understand there will a call-in portion of the show for people to ask questions.

Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 08:47 24 August 2009: Just 250 days until Expo 2010 opens on 01 May 2010 in Shanghai! #
• 08:48 @Aheram The next world's fair is next year in Shanghai. There have been 19 world's fairs in the last 50 years: www.ExpoMuseum.com/ #
• 08:49 RT @bmcnely Strangely hypnotic vintage photographs of people riding a roller-coaster at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair: bit.ly/1IT8Lc #
• 08:50 @falsemirror It isn't too late to go to a world's fair. The largest world's fair in history is next year in Shanghai, in fact. #
• 08:52 RT @AdamMinter: No joke: Guizhou's Expo 2010 Pavilion is being engineered to smell like Moutai. bit.ly/kTHHJ #
• 12:16 @NELLYWAITS Actually, you're one year off: Vermeer's Milkmaid was at the 1939-'40 New York World's Fair. #
• 12:27 One of my favorites at Expo 2008! RT @designyoutrust Zaragoza World Expo's Austrian Pavilion by Solid Architecture bit.ly/UbRxn #
• 12:29 RT @PunkAudery3333 NYSE Euronext Joins as Sponsor of the USA National Pavilion at 2010 Shanghai World Expo bit.ly/byhhe :-) #< /a>
• 12:31 RT @christinelu They've actually started construction on the US Pavilion for 2010 Shanghai World Expo. bit.ly/BAhr #expo2010 #
• 15:51 @ktalbotnyc Nikola Tesla was at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. I don't know about the 1939-'40 New York World's Fair. #
• 15:57 Eastday.com's description of Expo 2010's Auto Pavilion: english.eastday.com/e/0824/u1a4602628.html #

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Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 01:13 RT @FExpo88 ~ more details on China Pavilion at Shanghai World Expo 2010 en.expo2010.cn/a/20090821/000007.htm #
• 01:29 Looking forward to more pavilion images at Expo 2010 UAE Pavilion website: www.uaepavilion.com/ #

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Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 13:23 The Ledger (Lakeland, FL): "Consider Booking Now for Shanghai's Expo 2010": www.theledger.com/article/20090821/news/908215024 #

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Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 08:54 @thdpr Thanks. That actually makes sense in context. #
• 11:18 @PacSci Elvis's It Happened at the World's Fair was filmed at the 1962 Century 21 Exposition. #
• 15:05 As a San Franciscan, I don't think the Expo 2010 organizers really mean "cable car" here: english.eastday.com/e/0821/u1a4597191.html #
• 15:09 @stormysk8 San Francisco has held three world's fairs: 1894, 1915, and 1939-'40. Perhaps 2020 next? www.2020WorldsFair.com/ #
• 15:15 New Expo 2010 commercial with lots of Haibao: bit.ly/jnA2U #
• 15:20 Al Gore on Milan and Expo 2015: bit.ly/qnjWk #

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From Twitter 08-20-2009

• 11:03:11: @thdpr What is that quote from? There was no world's fair in 1977.
  

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• 11:03 RT @JobFaust: Wednesday Edutainment Mid-Day Break - Century 21 Calling (Bell Labs film for the Seattle World's Fair): bit.ly/ihNkf #
• 11:04 @hunter7180 You don't necessarily have to go back in time. Biggest world's fair in history is next year in China. No Disney, though. #
• 11:07 RT @MarketMensch Hey Photo Buffs: Spokane's Clock Tower and World's Fair Symbol at Sunset - on a warm summer day. ow.ly/kwMU #
• 11:08 RT @WVUEFOX8NEWS One piece of the [1984 New Orleans] World's Fair back in place bit.ly/BxkGH #
• 11:10 I've always been a fan of the Hemisfair 68 logo: bit.ly/hsDas #
• 11:47 Edmonton Sun: "Expo [2017] bid hits the road": bit.ly/jsE6I #
• 12:10 RT @runabitaman Updated www.1984worldsfairmemories.com with the video footage from WVUE last night about the return of Neptune. #
• 14:26 Expo 2010's axis lighting system being tested. Very cool photos: english.eastday.com/picshow/show7/sunvalley/index.html #
• 14:37 Open question: What should be the mascot for Milan's Expo 2015? Re member: the theme is food. #

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From Twitter 08-18-2009

• 11:29:18: Two world's fairs in one ad! RT @SurrendrDorothy How Cool Is This? 1939 World's Fair Coca Cola Advertisment http://bit.ly/XZgoD
  
• 11:30:12: RT @opheliacat Students hunt for traces of 1893 World's Fair in Chicago's Jackson Park http://bit.ly/kowU0 (via @UChicago & @rosann7k69h)
  
• 11:31:35: Iceland always has great pavilions: RT @rvkgrapevine Iceland to sign Expo 2010 agreement with China! http://ow.ly/ksru
  
• 11:32:34: RT @worldexpo2010 British designer Thomas Heatherwick released images of updated design for the UK at Expo 2010. http://tinyurl.com/l4xe9j
  
• 13:35:18: UN Environment Program(me) on Expo 2010: http://bit.ly/UrZHV
  
• 13:37:17: RT @BonoNmugg16: the China Pavillion at Expo2010 does look pretty cool when all lit up like that http://bit.ly/ZAiDT #expo2010
  
• 13:38:04: RT @worldexpoblog Australian pavilion gets a roof http://bit.ly/3iueE8 #expo2010
  

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From Twitter 08-17-2009

• 11:46:32: Seattle Times on the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo: "UW exhibits recall when the first World's Fair came to town": http://bit.ly/4xvrEf
  
• 11:50:28: Jellies plastic shoes were introduced at the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville? Who knew? http://bit.ly/SjlJC
  
• 11:53:25: Knoxville's 1982 World's Fair legacy site has a new web site: http://www.worldsfairpark.org/
  
• 12:08:23: Seattle 1909: RT @HistoryMuseum: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition slideshow w/ items from our collection! http://is.gd/2lsul
  
• 13:28:11: Images of the Expo 2010 Czech Pavilion plans: http://bit.ly/Rg4z4
  
• 16:32:25: @SFPL_6thFloor Visited the 1939-'40 GGIE exhibit which runs until Sunday, the 23rd: http://bit.ly/35NtFl
  

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From Twitter 08-14-2009

• 16:11:38: San Antonio looking at redeveloping Hemisfair '68 site: http://tinyurl.com/mts8by
  
• 16:12:48: RT @blainestar Come to find out PBR won it's blue ribbon at Chicago's 1893 World's Fair. #fb
  
• 16:16:05: RT @woonder India Pav. (Expo 2010) mimics ancient Buddhist monument. Suddenly, the China Pav. doesn't look all that sad. http://bit.ly/nSTUY
  
• 16:18:13: RT @designfeed Some Cool Projects from the EXPO 2010, SHANGHAI http://bit.ly/CnQgU
  
• 16:23:19: New York Times: "Shanghai Is Sprucing Up Its Image" (for Expo 2010) http://bit.ly/VUv1I
  
• 16:27:28: "Somewhat anachronistic" is used in the NYT article about Expo 2010. I disagree: there's been 9 world's fairs since the last US one in '84.
  

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From Twitter 08-13-2009

• 10:56:31: RT @worldexpo2010 About 20,000 various performances from all over the world will be offered during the Expo 2010 within the Expo site.
  
• 13:21:48: Expo 2010 photography competition: http://english.eastday.com/e/0813/u1a4577099.html
  

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From Twitter 08-12-2009

• 10:11:00: 12 August 2009: 3 years until Closing Day at Expo 2012, Yeosu, South Korea: http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/2012/
  
• 10:17:18: RT @brettbobley Nice article in NY Daily News abt NEH Digital Humanities SUG creating virtual '64 World's Fair. http://is.gd/2cvgd
  
• 10:19:25: RT @afewwords Okay, I'm fixated on the '39 World's Fair! (Hey, it's research). I'm taking the tour: http://bit.ly/39worldsfair
  
• 10:20:02: @nikkihaven Which world's fair documentary are you watching? World's fairs still go on and we might have one in North America in 2017.
  
• 12:02:10: Korea Herald: "Yeosu poised to launch EXPO countdown": http://bit.ly/IdeOP
  
• 12:22:55: Winnipeg Free Press: "Edmonton, Calgary on familiar collision course over Expo": http://tinyurl.com/mt3zps
  

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From Twitter 08-11-2009

• 12:29:04: RT @worldexpo2010: Early Bird Hotel Deals for Shanghai Expo 2010: http://tinyurl.com/l6oghz Book now, pay when you check-in at the hotel.
  

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From Twitter 08-10-2009

• 17:24:54: Fast Company on Expo 2010 architecture (emphasizing the American perception that world's fairs are antiquated): http://tinyurl.com/nzwcbt
  
• 17:26:18: An 1889 Exposition Universelle landmark (that you might have heard of) is getting a new look: http://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/828789
  

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From Twitter 08-09-2009

• 12:06:33: RT @citynoisedotorg World's Fair Pavilion and Unisphere: Posted in: Queens, NY by Seaniedawg. I must give credit.. http://bit.ly/aa3iF
  

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From Twitter 08-08-2009

• 12:24:00: @worldexpoblog dates for Visiting Shanghai aren't firm yet, but likely Mid-September. I'm hoping to network and see the construction site.
  
• 18:42:47: Spent several hours playing San Francisco (World's Fair) tour guide to John McGregor of Foundation Expo 88: http://www.foundationexpo88.org/
  

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From Twitter 08-07-2009

• 08:36:26: @velo_city (RE: World's Fair donuts. Yum.) Are they still open? Google Maps says the business closed and the phone number no longer works.
  
• 08:37:43: RT@gabyu The Belgian pavillion at Shanghai expo 2010 : "around a brain cell" http://bit.ly/e25ee
  
• 08:39:54: RT@elizahleigh Solar Soybean Walls Stand Front & Center At Expo 2010 http://bit.ly/1mrxkT
  
• 21:11:50: RT @afewwords I want to go to the 1939 New York World's Fair. It's like an Art Deco EPCOT.
  
• 21:12:33: RT @TechnoVoip Check this video out -- The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair Remembered http://bit.ly/10kzqx
  

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From Twitter 08-06-2009

• 13:44:04: Until and during Expo 2010, translation by phone of 9 languages in Shanghai (dial 960690): http://english.eastday.com/e/0806/u1a4560412.html
  
• 13:46:01: RT @SFPL_6thFloor Great 1939 World's Fair display at SF Public Library http://bit.ly/2hhnmz
  
• 16:33:39: RT @markpfeiffer http://twitpic.com/czphh - Vulcan, the tallest cast iron statue in the U.S. Made for 1904 World's Fair.
  
• 16:47:11: Wonderful newly posted home movie footage from the 1964-'65 New York World's Fair: http://bit.ly/mZXaE
  
• 16:59:50: I'm planning a trip to see the Expo 2010 site under construction and meet planners, etc. Any suggestions on places to stay? People to meet?
  
• 22:00:03: Michael Jackson visited Expo 88, Brisbane's World's Fair: http://www.foundationexpo88.org/
  

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From Twitter 08-05-2009

• 09:08:14: RT @effective_world As part of the 2010 Shanghai Expo, "Dream Cube", Shanghai Corporate Pavilion has launched a website: www.expo2010scp.com
  
• 09:12:31: RT @HitchhikinGhst New Hitchhiking Ghosts blog post: A Trip to the 1964 World's Fair http://ow.ly/iYq0
  
• 09:21:03: It's a year or so old, but the Expo 2010 preview video is still impressive: http://bit.ly/BqeyD
  
• 12:46:25: My favorite world's fair pavilion of all time: Holland at Expo 2000. Here's a video previewing their 2010 pavilion: http://tr.im/vCCk
  
• 13:08:47: Promotional video of the 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans: http://bit.ly/eHRKM
  (WARNING: 1980's music and fashion!)
  
• 14:43:39: One of my pet peeves: Things calling themselves "world's fairs" that aren't world's fairs... like the World's Fair of Money going on now.
  
• 16:15:05: How sad that World's Fair Donuts in St. Louis is now closed. Its street address was even "1904!": http://tr.im/vEw7
  

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From Twitter 08-04-2009

• 10:09:44: 04 August 2009: 270 days to go before Expo 2010 opens. http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/2010/
  
• 10:10:57: @SerenaSim Yes. I'm hoping to be there for the whole 6 months of the Expo. I'll also be visiting beforehand, too: most likely in September.
  
• 10:14:46: Interviewed last night by China Daily USA. I emphasized the non-tangible legacy of world's fairs: inspiration, education, etc.
  
• 10:31:06: RT @worldexpo2010 Expo 2010 Posters released featuring carton characters of Jackie Chan, Lang Lang and Yao Ming http://tinyurl.com/m85523
  

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From Twitter 08-03-2009

• 15:58:50: Looking for guest and topic ideas people would like to hear for the World's Fair Podcast. Email Urso@ExpoMuseum.com
  
• 16:00:32: RT @HitchhikinGhst Back from a trip. Found an interesting piece of 1964 World's Fair history in a store. Excited to share on the blog!
  
• 16:02:20: RT @kwheeler New blog post: What We Can Learn from the 1939 World's Fair http://www.byteeoh.com/?p=386
  
• 16:02:54: RT @sfro Wow! Spain Pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010 is made of...wicker: http://bit.ly/3yoPR
  
• 16:05:42: Financial Times article: "Shanghai World Expo 2010, will they really come?" http://tr.im/vm91
  
• 16:11:12: Mexico's forest of kites http://bit.ly/sCkih (via @worldexpoblog) reminds me of Expo 2008's Cities of Water Pavilion: http://tr.im/vmbr
  

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From Twitter 07-31-2009

• 11:39:16: Article about a world's fair memorabilia collector: http://bit.ly/v9qZv
  
• 11:41:29: Trippy photo from the interior of the Expo 2010 China Pavilion: http://tr.im/uXny
  
• 11:47:45: RT @archdaily Luxembourg Pavillions for Shanghai Expo 2010 http://bit.ly/6sVrW
  
• 14:03:04: @davecobb It already ran, sadly, but they tend to repeat them.
  
• 14:50:40: RT @150CANADA: The Expo 67 opening ceremonies were broadcast live via satellite to a worldwide audience of over 700 million
  
• 14:51:14: RT @BobLayton Expo 67 in Mtl was hugely successful. It should be in Edm as Cgy already had the Olympics. Time for us to have an intnl event.
  
• 15:36:33: Crosscut writer Knute Berger's take on the Expo 2010 United States Pavilion: http://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/19030/
  

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From Twitter 07-30-2009

• 08:24:00: Blooloop reports on Expo 2010 United States Pavilion: http://bit.ly/1Xtd8T
  
• 09:05:42: @blakerochkind There still are world's fairs. The largest in history is next year: http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/
  
• 10:46:22: RT @RareElegance Ghost Orchid Romania's National Pavilion At Shanghai 2010 World Expo: An Artist's Rendition Of.. http://bit.ly/bEuZn
  
• 15:05:29: Final design of Expo 2010 Coca-Cola Pavilion or just a concept? http://bit.ly/sFs52
  
• 21:05:49: National Geographic Channel shows Madness in the White City, about the serial murderer during the 1893 World's Fair: http://r.im/1up4
  

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From Twitter 07-28-2009

• 08:11:02: RT @effective_world More infos about the project "Dream Cube", Shanghai World Expo 2010: http://bit.ly/ozjou
  
• 08:18:08: @davidamaclean @RuthatVenture 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans was privately funded and lost tons. Expo 86 was gov't funded and made money.
  
• 10:28:29: Clarification: publicly funded Expo 86 lost money on the site itself, but the event made a profit when you include tax revenue from visitors
  
• 21:51:37: RT @shanghaidaily http://twitpic.com/bzdgh - Artist's rendition of Russia Pavilion for 2010 World Expo, which will be decorated like a ...
  

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From Twitter 07-27-2009

• 08:33:25: They say that breaking even is hard to do: http://bit.ly/13BwLz
  #expo2010
  
• 08:36:18: RT @edmontonexpo17 Is EXPO bid process like high school dance? Columnist weighs in http://bit.ly/v7Eyy #expo2017 #yeg
  

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From Twitter 07-25-2009

• 01:13:37: 25 July 2009: 280 days until Expo 2010: http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/2010
  
• 11:27:30: @t_antiques Chicago's Century of Progress exposition was held in 1933 and 1934: http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/1933
  

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From Twitter 07-24-2009

• 10:32:51: RT @missourial Meet me in Smithton: 1904 St. Louis World's Fair items on display ... http://bit.ly/gAE7Z
  
• 10:33:09: RT @disneytips Walt Disney prepares for "Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln" at 1964 New York World's Fair: http://bit.ly/IEeW3
  
• 11:27:35: RT @shanghaiist: Around Shanghai: Buying the Expo, smelling the Expo, loving the Expo : Does this mean all.. http://bit.ly/VJkDT
  
• 11:34:29: RT @FExpo88: spares a moment for the late Heinz Edelmann, designer of 'Curro', mascot of Seville's Expo '92.
  
• 14:30:00: RT @RussiaNow Russia to have its own pavilion to EXPO 2010 to Shanghai: http://bit.ly/ql9a6
  
• 14:30:48: @SerenaSim Tell us how the volunteer work at Expo 2010 went. How easily can non-Mandarin speakers volunteer?
  
• 15:03:49: China Daily: "2010: a performance-space odyssey": http://bit.ly/dbPZm
  

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From Twitter 07-23-2009

• 10:45:43: RT @NedSnyder The ice cream cone was invented in St. Louis on July 23, 1904 at the World's Fair - 105 years ago today! http://bit.ly/wzWTG
  
• 10:58:17: RT @ofranken World Expo 2010 and the Solar Eclipse � : http://tinyurl.com/lt9lqr inspiring insight on humanity and arbitrary divisions.
  

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From Twitter 07-22-2009

• 09:11:55: RT @DonBraid Calgary has zero chance of winning the world's fair. Dump the bid! http://tinyurl.com/n4xxff #yyc #yeg #ableg
  
• 09:13:01: RT @dabum Just finished a blog article on NY World's Fair. Take a look: http://myegore.blogspot.com/
  
• 09:16:13: Business Week: Expo 2010 turns down tobacco money: http://bit.ly/p3wjd
  
• 09:19:44: @JaneTTL In between Shanghai and Milan, the town of Yeosu, Korea will host a smaller "recognized" world's fair: http://www.expo2012.or.kr/
  
• 16:42:20: I keep thinking the Palace of Fine Arts would would make a great world's fair museum when the Exploratorium moves out: http://tr.im/tAYU
  
• 16:53:40: You can build 403 Expo 2010 US Pavilions for the cost of one F-22 Raptor fighter jet, which we don't use anyhow: http://tr.im/tB3r
  
• 22:23:53: RT @GoldenCityRent Expo 2010 products store opens in Beijing - Xinhua http://bit.ly/JhBYN
  

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From Twitter 07-21-2009

• 00:41:59: Updated 2017-2018 potential bids page: http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/2017-2018
  

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From Twitter 07-20-2009

• 00:02:42: Updated 1984 New Orleans page: http://ExpoMuseum.com/1984/
  
• 08:37:48: RT @george_chen Expo 2010 cancels 200M yuan donation by local tobacco firms for the sake of "Better City, Better Life". http://bit.ly/m7K52
  
• 14:26:47: Secretary of Commerce's remarks at Expo 2010 US Pavilion groundbreaking: http://bit.ly/xbW9B
  
• 14:38:03: RT @TriviaWolf World's Fair Update Statues and Sculptures at the '39 Fair: It was a busy weekend. By Sunday .. http://bit.ly/ZITys
  
• 14:40:18: RT @suelmarosa Oil Pavilion has become the first Expo 2010 corp. pav. to finish main structure. http://en.expo2010.cn/a/20090718/000002.htm
  
• 16:12:08: Two years before Apollo 11, mock-ups at Expo '67's United States Pavilion: http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/expo67/unitedstates.html
  
• 16:40:24: The Government of Alberta (with its spiffy new logo) supports Edmonton (and presumably not Calgary) for Expo 2017 bid: http://tr.im/tfhb
  
• 16:44:44: RT @edmontonexpo17: Timeline 1: #yeg #expo2017 national bid due Nov 30, Canadian city chosen next spring by Ottawa
  

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From Twitter 07-19-2009

• 11:59:01: RT @runabitamanMy new website is coming soon.... www.1984worldsfairmemories.com
  
• 12:02:15: @runabitaman Fantastic! I can't wait to see what you post. Let me know if you need any info/help. Check out Bill Cotter's http://tr.im/t3NG
  
• 23:06:22: @runabitaman has a new blog about New Orleans' 1984 Louisiana World Exposition: http://www.1984worldsfairmemories.com
  
• 23:12:08: @APW_Updates I can't agree with you more about The Crypt. You might be interested in The Season Pass Podcast #83: http://tr.im/t7b4
  
• 23:19:56: @elegantmachines We still do. We just haven't had one in North America since 1986. Edmonton or Calgary might bid for a world's fair in 2017.
  

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From Twitter 07-18-2009

• 01:39:06: @tjkirch Well, there are three in the next six years... in China, Korea, and Italy.
  
• 15:05:08: RT @angellino EAT, done for 1964 World's Fair. http://twitpic.com/at9tv
  
• 15:08:29: RT @jgtokyo Paramount to build that theme park on the old Osaka expo '70 grounds after all http://bit.ly/wD3wx
  
• 15:30:04: On the Season Pass Podcast "Lookback" episode (yes, a clips show!) http://bit.ly/3BLUI
  
• 15:53:01: RT @DougoBlue Visiting Expo 67 in Montreal as a kid was about the coolest thing ever. http://bit.ly/1oVi3B
  
• 20:46:24: RT @FExpo88 Check up on the latest on the Australia Pavilion at Shanghai at http://www.australianpavilion.com/
  
• 23:03:37: RT @runabitaman Video Documentation of 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans, wish there was more out there!! http://bit.ly/UEKGA
  
• 23:03:51: RT @runabitaman One day I might write a blog post about why I think the 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans changed New Orleans for the better.
  

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From Twitter 07-17-2009

• 08:59:03: @AdamMinter does a great job reporting on Friday's Expo 2010 US Pavilion groundbreaking: http://bit.ly/HD8U3 I wish I could have been there!
  
• 09:00:04: RT@odestojoy The Swedish Smorgasbord came to int'l attention during the 1939 World's Fair, the world literally means "sandwich table"
  
• 12:58:38: @worldexpoblog has a short report from Friday's US Pavilion groundbreaking: http://tinyurl.com/mtgvjk
  
• 16:02:32: MSNBC: "U.S. ends Shanghai World Expo suspense": http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/17/2000152.aspx
  
• 16:18:37: Wall Street Journal says "Can I get a hallelujah?": http://bit.ly/txAw6 (ExpoMuseum says "Yes, you can.")
  

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From Twitter 07-16-2009

• 09:29:02: RT @shanghaidaily We heard NYSE Euronext, Walmart have become 2 new sponsors of the US Pavilion at Expo Shanghai, waiting for press release.
  
• 09:32:23: RT @shanghaidaily Shanghai will adopt Beijing Olympics odd-even license plate traffic controls for Expo 2010. http://bit.ly/2MphzH
  
• 09:34:47: RT @EarthTimes PR Walmart Announces USA National Pavilion Partnership at Shanghai World Expo 2010 http://tinyurl.com/l8q5dw
  
• 09:43:22: A 1982 World's Fair (Knoxville) video that's definitely a product of its time: http://bit.ly/UyX3v
  
• 16:27:42: More on US Pavilion groundbreaking from Blooloop: http://bit.ly/yzbY9
  
• 22:42:53: RT @AdamMinter: http://twitpic.com/am3lw - Photo of north side of US Expo 2010 pavilion site, taken an hour ago.
  
• 22:43:07: RT @AdamMinter: http://twitpic.com/am3ri - And a photo of SOUTH side of US Expo 2010 pavilion site, also taken an hour ago.
  

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From Twitter 07-15-2009

• 00:47:27: 15 July 2009: 290 days until Expo 2010 opens!
  
• 00:49:24: RT @worldexpoblog US pavilion to commence construction Friday http://bit.ly/1asCU5 #expo2010
  
• 09:03:13: RT @wlbooks Added to 21 New(er) Books We Like: A-Y-P Exposition, Washington's First World's Fair: A Timeline History http://ow.ly/hheK
  
• 11:02:26: Just walking around San Francisco watching people and smelling the food sometimes feels like being at a world's fair.
  
• 11:05:29: Expo '86's Expo Ernie is way ahead now (at 17%) in our mascot poll. Expo 2005's K&M are second at 11%. http://www.expomuseum.com/mascot/
  
• 14:06:16: Expo 2010 US Pavilion groundbreaking *really* going to happen. Hand me a shovel! http://english.eastday.com/e/0715/u1a4506288.html
  
• 14:28:54: RT @_Abomination_ Ditto, from the 1964 World's Fair - the world of the future! http://bit.ly/x4BIR
  
• 15:33:25: Walt Disney Family Museum opening in San Francisco not far from the Palace of Fine Arts from the 1915 Pan-American Pacific Expo: @WDFMuseum
  

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From Twitter 07-14-2009

• 00:00:49: RT @wannabef I'm ready for the World's Fair to come back to the US. Was fortunate to go to NOLA '84. Who else has been to a World's Fair?
  
• 00:01:39: @wannabef Seven world's fairs so far. Shanghai's 2010 World's Fair is next!
  
• 00:04:13: RT @LostLaowai Haibao pushing stereotypes for Expo 2010?: I caught wind of these "multicultural" Haibao image.. http://tinyurl.com/l46sac
  
• 00:10:17: Antalya, Turkey? Calgary, Canada? Edmonton, Canada? Salamanca, Spain? Expo 2017/Expo 2018 page updated: http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/2017-2018/
  
• 12:40:28: @loosetooth Might I suggest our site: http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/
  
• 12:43:35: RT @pacsci Good article re: '62 World's Fair that spawned Pacific Science Center & other things: http://is.gd/1yB8i - 50th anniv. in 2012.
  
• 13:24:59: @QueensMuseum I still have my 25th/50th anniversay T-shirt from my first visit there in 1989. It's a must-visit when I'm in New York!
  

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From Twitter 07-13-2009

• 23:59:47: Brisbane? Copenhagen? Dubai? Houston? Manilla? Montreal? NY? SF? S�o Paulo? Updated Expo 2020 bid page: http://expomuseum.com/2020/
  

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From Twitter 07-12-2009

• 14:12:33: RT@FExpo88 International Volunteer Recruitment for Shanghai Expo 2010 is now open! Register at http://bit.ly/oZSrw
  
• 14:14:45: Tour the Expo '67 United States Pavilion: http://bit.ly/137qoh
  
• 22:57:33: RT @ruthatventure: As chair of Expo 2017 sponsorship cmte, pleased to launch Bid Booster club http://bit.ly/jwMJF
  
• 22:58:35: RT @FExpo88 Friends of the Pagoda Assoc. is planning a new self-guided tour program of the World Expo '88 Nepal Peace Pagoda at Southbank.
  
• 22:59:53: RT @shanghaidaily Organizers of the France Pavilion for the 2010 Expo will start recruiting 200 to 300 staff in Sept. http://bit.ly/Yh7yy
  
• 23:01:16: I thought I was the only one --&gt; RT @daveexmachina When I hear "Wonderwall" by Oasis, I always think of the 84 World's Fair.
  

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From Twitter 07-11-2009

• 11:28:12: RT @FExpo88 Check out our photo of the World Expo '88 Nepal Peace Pagoda here http://twitpic.com/9zwwr
  

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From Twitter 07-10-2009

• 10:06:42: RT @worldexpoblog EU and USA both confirmed participation at #expo2010 today http://tinyurl.com/expo2010eu & http://tinyurl.com/expo2010usa
  
• 10:08:39: RT @adamminter It's official: US Confirms for Expo 2010. http://bit.ly/uldas (and there goes my weekend)
  
• 10:12:13: Thanks to @adamminter and @worldexpoblog for getting out the word about the US Pavilion today.
  
• 11:04:46: Traveling to Shanghai for a few days in August or September... What times should I avoid?
  
• 11:05:21: Expo 2010 US Pavilion will break ground on Friday, 17 July 2009!
  
• 13:53:42: News about US Participation at Expo 2010 in Today's SF Chronicle: http://tr.im/rNQh
  
• 15:34:10: Expo 2020: S�o Paolo, Brazil? http://tr.im/rOrw ...or Copenhagen, Denmark? http://tr.im/rOrq
  
• 15:39:18: RT @knoxphoto Loving this photo of World's Fair Park and the Sunsphere by @jacuff: http://bit.ly/1axyOh
  
• 15:42:59: @Travel_Share Actually, the Louisiana World Expo was in 1984. This year is the 25th anniversary. I just updated the Wikipedia entry.
  
• 15:45:15: RT @Chinalyst US bangs drum for Expo 2010 :: Engaging China http://cli.gs/R2Ysm
  
• 15:45:34: RT @EventsPublicity Creative Economy Exhibition to Light Up the UN Pavilion At the Shanghai World Expo 2010 http://bit.ly/FWKSY
  
• 15:45:59: RT @MHCSpain Shanghai Expo 2010: The Spanish Pavilion http://bit.ly/3JWcnB
  

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From Twitter 07-09-2009

• 12:55:21: RT @summ3rgames Jul 6, Hong Kong Pavilion - Expo 2010 Shanghai China http://tinyurl.com/mxxvmm
  
• 12:55:56: RT @thegraffik Polish Pavilion for Shanghai Expo 2010 by WWA Architects #thegraffik http://bit.ly/NX8d2
  
• 13:30:35: Expo 2010 German Pavilion under construction: http://english.eastday.com/e/0709/u1a4492228.html
  
• 13:59:46: WDW's Magic Kingdom: 107 acres... Epcot: 160 acres... SF's Golden Gate Park: 1017 acres... Shanghai's Expo 2010: 1300 acres
  
• 14:00:42: RT @edmontonexpo17 Become bid sponsor + own bragging rights. Our bid's stronger with wide support: http://bit.ly/TQiG0 #yeg #expo2017
  
• 16:40:34: RT @brkgnews Holy cow... that's one big expo. Time to update this, I guess... http://tinyurl.com/mwcyxu
  

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From Twitter 07-08-2009

• 08:57:59: RT@worldexpoblog New pics of the German pavilion aka "Balancity" http://bit.ly/bReNV
  
• 09:03:08: Exhibition about Expo 2010 opens up in Beijing: http://bit.ly/VFTUv
  
• 16:27:28: New playground opens in Knoxville's World's Fair Park: http://bit.ly/AJzAC
  
• 16:42:46: City model from 1964-'65 NY World's Fair showing foreclosures: http://bit.ly/D4Oug
  
• 16:45:41: Financial Times reports Expo 2010 US Pavilion might break ground next week: http://tr.im/rtyd #expo2010
  

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Twitter Posts from 30 June to 06 July

Unfortunately, the service I was using to syndicate the ExpoMuseum Twitter feed on my ExpoMuseum Blog has closed down. I've since gotten it re-established using another service, but we had a week there without any of the Twitter posts being repeated on the blog.

Since I know lots of people see these only through the blog and its subsequent syndication in the World's Fair Community, I'm repeating those "tweets" here:

• RT @shanghaiist: USA has funding, Expo pavilion is a go? For those following the will they - won't they deb.. http://tinyurl.com/nsorj8

• RT @beckybearhug Cotton candy was introduced at Chicago's [1893] world's fair!

• RT @AdamMinter: Source: New US Expo 2010 Pavilion Commissioner General Jose Villarreal has arrived in Shanghai. Stay tuned

• 5 July 2009: 300 days until Expo 2010 opens! http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/2010/

• Armenia is spending 570M Drams (about $1.5M US) on their Expo 2010 pavilion: http://bit.ly/fas5x

• Jim Steinhart has a great collection of photos (mostly his own) from various expos: http://www.travelphotobase.com/s/EXPO.HTM

• RT @AdamMinter: New post: The US has NOT confirmed Expo 2010 participation. Anatomy of a media-induced misunderstanding. http://bit.ly/3TnEn

• Now that the US has confirmed participation at Expo 2010, efforts should be made to make sure we're at 2012 Yeosu, Korea and 2015 Milan.

• @amadajoy An even larger world's fair, the largest in history, will be in Shanghai next year: http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/2010/

• RT @worldexpo2010 http://twitpic.com/915dq - Expo Village construction site, World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China #expo2010

• The ExpoMuseum.com page about 1904 St. Louis has been updated: http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/1904/

• FINALLY! US confirms participation in Shanghai's Expo 2010: http://tr.im/qxwt

• Bill Cotter's 1939-'40 New York book reviewed in the Queens Gazette: http://www.qgazette.com/news/2009/0701/features/027.html

• Jose H. Villarreal named as U.S. Commissioner General to Expo 2010: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/july/125540.htm

• Pepsi now on board for Expo 2010 US Pavilion to the tune of $5M... but it still might not happen: http://tr.im/qvxP http://tr.im/qvxZ

• RT @History_books New release: A-Y-P Exposition, Washington's First World's Fair: A Timeline History: http://bit.ly/1611sm

• RT @AllThingsHill H. Clinton today has a meeting w/Jose Villarreal, Nominee for Commissioner General, Shanghai Expo 2010 http://bit.ly/NSTLP

• RT @edmontonexpo17 Happy 142nd Canada! Imagine ... #EXPO2017, #YEG at centre of Canada's 150th bash!

• Happy Canada Day! Canada hosted Expo '67 in Montréal and Expo '86 in Vancouver... and it might host Expo 2017 in Calgary or Edmonton!

• RT @gaauri arquitetura » UK Pavillion na Shanghai Expo 2010, design de Thomas Heatherwick: http://is.gd/1jumC

• It's been 25 years! Remember the 1984 New Orleans World's Fair by helping rebuild the city: http://www.84plus25.org/

• Sources say the 30 June deadline for the US to confirm at Expo 2010 was a "soft" deadline and that fundraising for a pavilion continues.

• RT @QueensMuseum FREE STUFF (including '64 World's Fair items) up for grabs in TONIGHT'S livestream auction! http://tinyurl.com/lvzxr5

• Open question: Where would be the best location for a physical ExpoMuseum, a museum about all world's fairs? I keep thinking Seattle Center.

• Excellent site about St. Louis's 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition.. with some wonderful images: http://atthefair.homestead....

• Expo 2010 tickets go on sale 1 July 2009: http://bit.ly/35t79

• It is 30 June in Shanghai now, the deadline for the United States to confirm participating at Expo 2010.

• RT @ExRoadie Memories of MJ - 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans. Michael Jackson comes to my DJ booth... ...with copy of State of Shock.

• @m4s Thank you!

From Twitter 07-07-2009

• 08:37:59: RT @beckybearhug Cotton candy was introduced at Chicago's [1893] world's fair!
  
• 13:24:22: RT @shanghaiist: USA has funding, Expo pavilion is a go? For those following the will they - won't they deb.. http://tinyurl.com/nsorj8
  
• 13:54:27: If only the Expo 2010 US Pavilion had the funding of the Canadian Pavilion: http://tr.im/rhZr
  

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Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 13:16 Gateway from 1915 SF, 1933-'34 Chicago, and 1939-'40 NY will be at Shanghai 2010: english.eastday.com/e/0628/u1a4465603.html #

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• 09:56 @Kreesox Yes. 2010's will be the largest world's fair (area, countries, and probably attendance) in history: www.ExpoMuseum.com/ #
• 10:25 RT @paleofuture Official Guide Book: 1939 World's Fair bit.ly/p4kkX #
• 12:47 Made backup hotel reservations in Shanghai for Expo 2010 in May/June 2010: 14 days, 4 people in 2 rooms... just $616! #
• 12:49 RT @worldexpo2010 About 1.7 million tickets to Shanghai World Expo have been sold en.expo2010.cn/news/newsncenter.htm #expo2010 #
• 16:15 Anchorage Daily News: Racism and Seattle's 1909 A-Y-P Expo (try to ignore the headline typo): www.adn.com/opinion/story/844074.html #

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• 09:34 RT @worldexpoblog Ever wanted to smell like a French pavilion? Soon you can tinyurl.com/m8hs5m #expo2010 #
• 11:20 25 June 2009: 5 days until Expo 2010 US Pavilion deadline, 310 days until Expo 2010 opening day #expo2010 #
• 11:22 RT @edmontonexpo17 Lunch event, open house, staff/special meeting? #EXPO2017 can customize presentation to meet needs: bit.ly/CuVDq #
• 15:36 Excellent site from Hungary (but in English) about Expo 2010: www.expo2010china.hu/ #expo2010 Great source for specific pavilions! #
• 15:56 Huffington Post on the 1909 A-Y-P's NYC-SEA car race: bit.ly/fKQpl #
• 16:53 Posted about my trip to Seattle for the 1909 A-Y-P Expo Centennial and my visit to the 1962 Century 21 site: ExpoMuseum.com/blog/ #

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Visiting Seattle... and Going Back to 1909 and 1962

It's always a great pleasure to visit Seattle. Last weekend, I was in Seattle for a symposium about the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition at the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI).

The 1909 A-Y-P isn't well known, particularly outside of Seattle, so it was a great opportunity to learn more about this small world's fair and, in my own mind, fill in the gap between 1904 St. Louis and 1915 San Francisco. The expo was on the site of the University of Washington campus. Not much of the original architecture is left from 1909, but the basic layout of the campus is a legacy of the Olmsted Brothers. The A-Y-P attracted 4 million visitors and claimed to have been the first world's fair to turn a profit. It was the Pacific Northwest's first world's fair. Seattle later hosted the 1962 Century 21 Exposition, Spokane hosted Expo 74, and Vancouver hosted Expo 86.

If you consider Edmonton or Calgary to be in the Pacific Northwest, you could say that Expo 2017 could very well be the fifth expo in that region.

Attendees seem to be attracted to the symposium for a variety of reasons. Some were primarily interested in world's fairs, but I think most were interested in Seattle history, landscape architecture, and the arts and crafts movement. Speaking with some of the attendees that weren't familiar with the whole breadth of world's fair history, some were not aware that they were still held, a situation I've mentioned before in this blog.

I took a few photos at the Museum of History and Industry as well as the University of Washington campus:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/expomuseum/sets/72157619709861329/

The five speakers and the campus tour were excellent.

Saturday, Leland Roth of the University of Oregon in Eugene spoke about the world's fair that preceded the A-Y-P, covering the era 1851 to 1904. He focused mostly on the architectural aspects of the fairs. Landscape historian David Streatfield spoke about the City Beautiful movement and how the A-Y-P related to that. Brooks Kolb spoke about the Olmsted Brothers, the landscape designers behind the fair.

Sunday's portion of the symposium featured Michael Herschenson, who spoke mostly of the A-Y-P in the context of Seattle, and the University of Washington. Historian Gray Brechin, for me, highlighted the symposium talking about the 1909 A-Y-P in the context of other West Coast fairs and how they reflect the social and political aspirations of their times and locations. Mr. Brechin jokingly said he hoped San Francisco wouldn't get another exposition given that big wars always seem to follow them. Here, I disagree. I'm willing to risk a 2020 World's Fair.

I thought the panel discussion was particularly interesting and it was here that we heard the only mention of world's fairs as a living, continuing medium.

Going back to when I first visiting Seattle when I was 19 and traveling to Vancouver for Expo 86, I make at least one pilgrimage to Seattle Center, the legacy site of the 1962 Century 21 Exposition.

I took photos of the site, naturally:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/expomuseum/sets/72157620084208405/

I'm always pleased by the site and how its used by the public.

Everyone knows the Space Needle, of course, and most folks discover the Pacific Science Center, originally the United States Science Exhibit from the 1962 fair. The monorail still runs, even after a few problems a few years ago when they managed to run them into each other. It's always a thrill to ride the monorail, imagining what it was like to ride it 47 years ago.

The Experience Music Project and the Science Fiction Museum are now on the site, as well, with the Alweg Monorail running through it.

With plans to refresh the site in the coming years, I keep thinking some sort of world's fair museum (such as, perhaps, an ExpoMuseum, eh?) would make a great and appropriate addition. I was pleased to discover the Center House (the Food Circus during the fair) had, in one corner, a small World's Fair Gallery, showing images and memorabilia from the Century 21. If anyone knows about who is behind this exhibit, please let me know. I'm hoping it expands beyond its current single exhibit. In the aforementioned Flickr set, I've included photos of the exhibit.

2012 will mark the 50th anniversary of the Century 21 Exposition and I suspect they'll be far more interest in this anniversary in Seattle. I can't wait to go back for events surrounding that celebration. It will even be worth the trip from Yeosu, Korea, host of Expo 2012!

Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 14:25 Expo 2010 float at Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena: english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6685318.html #

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• 09:17 Jade Dowkow has recently been photographing old world's fair sites and is featured at tr.im/ptqc and at tr.im/ptpU #
• 10:36 23 June 2009 marks the one week mark until the United States must confirm participation in Shanghai's Expo 2010. #
• 11:07 RT @arthubasia "Beams of Light Radiating from" World Expo 2010 Chinese Pavilion tinyurl.com/n25hay #
• 11:08 RT @onetwomusic Quincy Jones composes Shanghai Expo 2010 theme and predicts who the saviour of music industry is. viigo.im/ZRK #
• 11:38 RT @edmontonexpo17 116 yrs ago today, ferris wheel debuted at Chicago world's fair. What could Edmonton's legacy be? #
• 11:41 @tat2dqltr I find that folks under 40 in the United States don't know what a world's fair is anymore... point them to www.ExpoMuseum.com #
• 17:23 RT @edmontonexpo17: Come learn about Edmonton's bid at the open house on now. Come for cupcakes too! #

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• 12:39 Open question: How can we best educate the American public that world's fairs still happen and are just as relevant? #
• 12:50 China Pavilion gets painted and reminds me of some of my Lego block creations I made as a kid: en.expo2010.cn/a/20090622/000002.htm #
• 15:20 Great home video of the 1964-'65 New York World's Fair: bit.ly/24D2Bg #
• 15:28 Music for Expo 2010's Poland Pavilion parts 1 & 2: bit.ly/2tJCY3 & bit.ly/SQxlm #
• 16:06 Always great to see even tiny, tiny countries preparing for their pavilions. In this case, Samoa: bit.ly/pbptq #

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• 16:49 Excellent presentations of world's fairs from 1851 to 1940 at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo Centennial! Folks still don't know about 2010. #
• 21:45 @worldexpoblog Most Americans over 40 don't know world's fairs still happen. Those under 40 don't know what they are. How do we educate? #

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Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 07:44 Visiting Seattle's Museum of History and Industry for symposium about the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. #

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Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 14:48 Visiting Seattle Center, site of the 1962 Century 21 Exposition... including the Space Needle and Monorail. #
• 15:28 Tomorrow: symposium on Seattle's 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expositon. Has it been 100 years already? #
• 17:50 AmCham Shanghai Releases Expo 2010 USA Pavilion Paper: tr.im/p7xW (small error, though: law says STATE Dept. can't spend funds) #
• 23:36 Updated page for Expo 2017/Expo 2018 bids: www.ExpoMuseum.com/2017-2018/ #

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Edmonton Expo 2017 Bid Video

The Edmonton Expo 2017 Bid folks have posted this great video which includes footage from past expos.



I spot images from 1889 Paris, 1893 Chiago, 1900 Paris, 1939-'40 New York, 1958 Brussels, 1962 Seattle, 1967 Montreal, 1986 Vancouver, 2005 Aichi, and 2008 Zaragoza.

Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 09:52 Cargill now a part of Expo 2010 US Pavilion effort... but will it be enough? tr.im/oWIJ (just 12 days left for US to sign up) #
• 11:31 Novelist of The Millionaires and Knoxville's 1982 World's Fair: tr.im/oXtv #
• 11:35 @tat2dqltr Might I humbly suggest they visit www.ExpoMuseum.com #
• 11:36 RT @LouPickney The 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville -- I was there! Check out this commercial promoting the event: is.gd/15vV1 #
• 11:37 RT @moniquebeaudin Blog item: Montreal out of the running for World's Fair, Expo 17 promoter Barham laments tinyurl.com/mn5hof #
• 11:40 Shanghai Scrap continues its great Expo 2010 US Pavilion Coverage: shanghaiscrap.com/?p=3103 #
• 11:44 RT @stefquad Milan introduces free Wi-Fi. Access points to cover 25% of the territory by Expo 2015. bit.ly/9jVTH (link in Italian) #
• 13:37 RT @edmontonexpo17: Check out our new look: edmontonexpo2017.com #expo2017 #
• 14:49 Open House: Edmonton's Expo 2017 Bid: June 23, 3 to 8 pm, Ramada Hotel & Conference Centre, 11834 Kingsway Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta #

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• 14:58 Angola confirms it will be at Shanghai's Expo 2010: tr.im/oQMN (Still waiting for the United States to confirm) #
• 15:23 Indian Country Today: "Indigenous artists respond to Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in new exhibit" tr.im/oQVc #
• 15:25 "abandoned World's Fair sites scattered across the country?" www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/17/ap/strange/main5094238.shtml #
• 15:50 RT @fonstuinstra: Credibility and the US Expo 2010 Pavilion ff.im/-463a8 #
• 16:28 1893 World's Columbian Expo virtual tour this weekend in Chicago: www.msichicago.org/whats-here/events/explore-the-white-city/ #
• 16:30 Some great images from the (aforementioned) 1893 Chicago virtual tour: chicagoist.com/2009/06/17/msi_simulates_1893_worlds_fair.php #
• 19:25 RT @edmontonexpo17 Drop by June 23 open house, and learn about EXPOs and Edmonton bid bit.ly/XtK5Z #yeg #
• 19:32 RT @History_books New release: The 1939-1940 New York World's Fair (Images of America) by Bill Cotter bit.ly/130jqj #

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• 11:31 At the '64-'65 New York legacy site's Hall of Science: Astrophysics Mini Golf: www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/science/16tier.html #
• 12:21 More news about Calgary and Edmonton and Expo 2017: tr.im/oHCv tr.im/oHCC tr.im/oHCZ tr.im/oHER #
• 12:40 ExpoMuseum Blog: Expos Have "Seemingly Disappeared?" bit.ly/HfZRa #
• 15:23 Clearing the Huangpu River bottom in preparation for Expo 2010 (which is on both sides): english.eastday.com/e/0616/u1a4439257.html #

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Expos Have "Seemingly Disappeared?"

Every so often, I run into someone who'll adamantly proclaim that they don't hold world's fairs anymore.

It always saddens me to hear that, but it's really disturbing when a national newspaper basically says the same thing.

In writing about Calgary and Edmonton's potential bids for an Expo 2017, Canada's National Post on Friday, they proclaimed that expos "seemingly disappeared after Vancouver's Expo lands went condo."

That's just sloppy reporting. True, the word "seemingly" is in there, but for a newspaper of record to say that, it says that events that happen in other continents don't really "seem" to happen.

Since Expo 86, there have been eight world's fairs on three continents:

- 1988 Brisbane,
- 1992 Seville,
- 1992 Genoa,
- 1993 Taejon (Korea),
- 1998 Lisbon,
- 2000 Hanover,
- 2005 Aichi Prefecture, and
- 2008 Zaragoza (Spain).

In the next few years, we'll see:

- 2010 Shanghai (70 to 100 million visitors on 1300 acres),
- 2012 Yeosu (Korea), and
- 2015 Milan.

By this measure, Winter Olympics have also seemingly disappeared since Calgary hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics. After all, there have only been five since then and only one is planned in the next four years!

Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 09:13 RT @pto2k twitpic.com/7b5zl - Mascot of Shanghai Expo 2010 in a hospital... #
• 09:17 U.S. Representative Hastings (D-Miramar, FL) introduces legislation promoting U.S. Participation at Expo 2010: bit.ly/bOAcI #
• 14:55 Crosscut's Knute Berger on 2012 events in Seattle including 1962's 50th anniversary: crosscut.com/2009/06/05/mossback/19033/ #
• 15:09 Great footage from Seattle's 1909 A-Y-P Expo, including a great amusement ride I wish they still made: tr.im/aypvid #
• 23:11 15 June 2009 marks the 320 days-to-go mark until Expo 2010. #

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• 09:07 RT @SeaTimesLife Lavish "A Timeline History" brings Washington's first world's fair to life: bit.ly/YOw9d #
• 09:11 RT @fansofstlouis Fact of the day: The soft drink Dr Pepper was introduced at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. #
• 09:18 Don't forget to vote for your favorite world's fair mascot: www.expomuseum.com/mascot/ #
• 11:05 RT @archdaily Brazilian Pavillion for Shanghai Expo 2010 / Fernando Brandão bit.ly/11oYfF #
• 11:07 Season Pass Podcast discussion of Kings Island (including EM's Urso Chappell): bit.ly/gnkBd #
• 14:00 Expo 2010's Haibao at Expo 2005 site with Kiccoro and Morizzo: en.expo2010.cn/a/20090610/000001.htm #
• 14:40 Columns Magazine article about the 1909 Seattle Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: www.washington.edu/alumni/columns/june09/aype.html #
• 16:09 Expo 2010 competition to design China Eastern planes (but rules seem to only be in Chinese): en.expo2010.cn/a/20090430/000002.htm #
• 16:10 India Pavilion at Expo 2010: bit.ly/l33vG #

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Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 16:57 HippieLight.com asks: Has anyone ever seen this amazing Expo '67 lamp before? www.flickr.com/photos/ksupley/2640662571/ #

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Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 13:07 RT @edmontonexpo17: Judith Rubin on transferring knowledge from one EXPO to another: bit.ly/ZIvL5 #
• 13:15 Calgary Expo 2017 bid details expected in July: bit.ly/GYcRw #
• 14:33 Competition: Photos (altered or not) showing Expo 2010 mascot Haibao (but where are the rules?): en.expo2010.cn/a/20090609/000001.htm #

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Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 02:50 Brilliant! Two excavators perform a ballet for the Expo 2010 Sweden Pavilion groundbreaking: bit.ly/15nVb2 #
• 13:16 30-minute fan documentary about the 1939-'40 New York World's Fair: worldsfair1939.davidsworld.net/ #
• 21:25 With Shanghai's Expo 2010 coming up, it's almost easy to forget about little Yeosu's 2012 plans: bit.ly/PZfS2 #

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Expo 2010 Sweden Pavilion Groundbreaking Ceremony

For the groundbreaking of the Sweden Pavilion on 20 April, two Volvo excavators performed.

Music by Anders Rimpi and choreography by Veera Suvalo Grimberg

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Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 14:37 Overly optimistic or a real breakthrough?: People's Daily says Expo 2010 US Pavilion now has funding: bit.ly/gW2T3 #
• 15:08 Expo 2010 US Pavilion sponsors are GE, 3M, Dell, Yum! Brands, UCESCO, and Golden Eagle Int'l Group according to bit.ly/x84By #
• 15:11 RT @ bestym The equivalent of the population of Liverpool will visit Expo 2010 - EACH day ! #
• 22:27 1986 Vancouver's Expo Ernie and 1988 Brisbane's Expo Oz are neck-and-neck in our poll of favorite mascots: www.ExpoMuseum.com/mascot/ #

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Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 16:07 Edmonton mayor: no joint bid for 2017 with Calgary: bit.ly/104ZKQ #
• 16:11 Canada.com's report about the 2017 bid: Calgary vs. Edmonton (but no other Canadian cities, apparently): bit.ly/XLcHY #

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Yesterday's ExpoMuseum Twitter Posts

• 10:22 01 June 2009 marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo in Seattle: www.ExpoMuseum.com/1909 #
• 10:53 Edmonton vs. Calgary for Expo 2017 bid? bit.ly/cDNiR #
• 10:56 New York Times book review of Eiffel's Tower (about 1889 Paris): bit.ly/13tMKq #
• 11:09 Robert Indiana's EAT sculpture from '64-'65 New York State Pavilion returns (in Maine!): www.bangordailynews.com/detail/107234.html #

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