Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Expo 2010, Expo 2012, and Expo 2020

This week, the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued a new document "Another U.S. Deficit - China and America - Public Diplomacy in the Age of the Internet," which includes a great deal of information about United States participation in Expo 2010, the committee's call for a US Pavilion at Expo 2012, and support for re-joining the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) to help a US bid for Expo 2020.

Here's the synopsis at the beginning of the document (page 12):
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Many Americans now view World Expos as antiquated affairs. The rest of the globe does not, and U.S. ambivalence towards participationunduly offends the host nations. Given that more than 7,000,000 Chinese visited the U.S. Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo in 2010, the lack of effort caused by unnecessary hesitation and delays on the part of the Obama Administration only squandered an unprecedented opportunity to put our best foot forward to an audience over 10 times the size of the number of Chinese who visit the United States in a single year. Although large crowds streamed in, many were disappointed by the low-tech and rather ordinary exhibits inside which failed to demonstrate American technological, scientific and commercial expertise. Those same mistakes should not be repeated in the lead up to the 2012 Expo in Korea. Given recent interest
by Texas and California in hosting the 2020 Expo, the U.S. should seek immediately to re-join the Bureau of International Expositions in order to bid for the 2020 Expo. Consideration should be given to repealing legislation limiting U.S. government involvement in Expos, an action that would give the private sector greater confidence in our efforts and lead to more coherent funding.
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I'm glad to hear that Congress is looking into the issue of United States participation in world's fairs. Needless to say, I wholeheartedly support the US rejoining the BIE, our country's participation in Expo 2012, and the bids for Expo 2020.

I take a bit of an exception to the Obama Administration being blamed for US Pavilion delays, however, since it was under the Bush Administration that things had stalled. Later in the document, they do point out that it was Hillary Clinton's State Department that finally got the ball rolling.

I think this document brings us a few steps closer to rejoining the BIE, having a US Pavilion at Expo 2012 in Yeosu, and security government support for an Expo 2020 bid.

The full report can be downloaded at:
http://lugar.senate.gov/issues/foreign/diplomacy/ChinaInternet.pdf

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Since I wrote this shortly after receiving the document, I've had a chance to read more. As such, here's an addendum:

In the main body of the document, it does refer to Hillary Clinton's efforts to save the pavilion and recognizes the difficulty of continuity between the two administrations. That leads me to think the synopsis on page 12 (of the PDF... labeled page 6) blaming the Obama Administration could be a typo. Later, they refer to the Bush Administration's failure to have a US Pavilion at Hannover's Expo 2000. That's clearly a mistake since George W. Bush did not come into office until January 2001.

From Twitter 02-16-2011

• 09:51:03: RT @Alltop_Disney World's Fair Wednesday- 1958 Brussel's Postcards http://bit.ly/ejCVVg
  
• 10:10:47: RT @2020WorldsFair Will São Paulo enter the competition for Expo 2020? This article makes a reference to it: http://goo.gl/F7MjQ
  
• 14:40:57: @BlountMansion That's fantastic! We'd love to hear more!
  
• 14:42:15: RT @enderyil EXPO 2020 İZMİR - http://www.facebook.com/expo2020izmir
  
• 17:19:03: Cool video clips from Brussels' Expo '58: http://www.efootage.com/clip_list.php?query=Belgium
  
• 17:22:54: Aerial video of Chicago's 1933-'34 site... which would have been the Expo '92 site if it hadn't been canceled: http://goo.gl/JLIOJ
  

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From Twitter 02-15-2011

• 14:02:12: @bennyandnaomi 1982... http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/1982/
  
• 14:03:00: @audiosmaximus Tell us more about the podcast. We put together a regular podcast about world's fairs. We've talked a bit about 1984 before.
  
• 16:12:24: Cool model of the '64-'65 New York World's Fair: http://www.newcastle-news.com/2010/12/02/new-yorks-worlds-fair-model-unveiled-in-seattle
  
• 17:18:41: From Crosscut: Why we should transform Seattle Center from a theater district to a park: http://goo.gl/YMhqc
  
• 17:20:56: Indiana Hall murals from '33-'34 Century of Progress Exposition on display: http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/17398.html
  
• 17:22:26: Gonzagau University article about Expo '74: http://news.gonzaga.edu/archives/5638
  
• 17:36:07: RT @fancybuffalo: Just toured $12 mil home. Gold sinks. Piano commissioned for the 1878 Paris World's Fair. Oh, and they had 9 Faberge e ...
  
• 21:40:15: RT @Libmacbis Thx! Super helpful for my World's Fair class. RT @amhistorymuseum Real color photos of the 1915 SF... http://ow.ly/3UP1b
  
• 21:41:44: RT @jeanjeanvintage: Love this ♥ RT @pinguimvintage World's Fair Buckle Bracelet, Chicago. 1934. http://etsy.me/fB2Pgf
  

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From Twitter 02-14-2011

• 01:42:50: RT @2020WorldsFair Press-Telegram: "Bring World Expo to California": http://www.presstelegram.com/opinions/ci_17373375
  
• 10:07:33: RT @2020WorldsFair SF Chronicle editorial: "Time for World Expo encore in Bay Area in 2020?" http://goo.gl/a6r6x
  
• 10:08:26: RT @explorechicago: Step aboard a real 1800s 'L' car that ferried visitors to the World's Fair at Chi History Museum, FREE today
  
• 14:32:44: Humans : Habitat 67 :: Felines : Habitat 04 --> http://inhabitedmindmapping.net/?p=42
  
• 18:06:11: Wojciech Obtulowicz, architect of Expo 2010 Poland Pavilion, dies: http://goo.gl/GiJ77 - Poland Pavilion photo: http://goo.gl/rSpY7
  

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From Twitter 02-13-2011

• 03:29:14: Episode 24 of the World's Fair Podcast is now up. We talk with John Grubb, about Expo 2020 Silicon Valley. http://www.WorldsFairPodcast.com/
  
• 17:51:05: RT @2020WorldsFair US Senate Foreign Relations Committee report calls for Expo 2020 to be held in USA: http://goo.gl/Qx7KF
  
• 18:14:46: On Tuesday, the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee will issue a report. Here are the details:... http://fb.me/RxkigDWf
  
• 18:14:56: Episode 24 of the World's Fair Podcast is now available for download.
  
  Hosts Urso Chappell and John McGregor talk... http://fb.me/KuQdVAvF
  
• 18:18:07: Tuesday's Senate Foreign Relations Report also regrets quality of Expo 2010 US Pavilion and calls for a US Pavilion at Expo 2012.
  

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Senate Foreign Relations Report Supports Expo 2020 Bid and Regrets Expo 2010 US Pavilion

On Tuesday, the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee will issue a report. Here are the details:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/uschinadiplomacypoliticseducationrights

Most interesting, for those of us interested in world's fair issues are these lines from the AFP news story:

"The report also faulted the United States for underfunding public diplomacy.

It regretted the quality of the US pavilion at last year's World Expo in Shanghai, which was cobbled together at the last minute using private funds and featured simple films about the United States.

Even if many Americans no longer care about global expositions, the report said, some 70 million people -- most of them Chinese -- visited the Shanghai Expo and seven million went to the US pavilion.

Considering that fewer than one million Chinese visit the United States each year, "the Expo was a squandered opportunity to have maximum impact on our bilateral relationship," the report said.

The report called for the United States to consider changing the law to allow government support for exposition efforts, including for the US pavilion at the 2012 Expo in South Korea, and to make a bid for the 2020 World Expo."

The World's Fair Podcast, Episode 24: Expo 2020 Silicon Valley Project Lead John Grubb

In episode 24, Urso Chappell and John McGregor talk to the Bay Area Council's John Grubb. He's the project lead for Expo 2020 Silicon Valley, an effort to bring a world's fair to Mountain View, California in 2020.

Expo 2020 would be held in Moffett Field in the heart of Silicon Valley.

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From Twitter 02-12-2011

• 18:57:41: @teh_Dede @SamValley There were actually twi in 1939: SF and NY: http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/1939n and http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/1939s
  
• 19:07:33: "Man on the street" interviews about the Expo 2020 Silicon Valley (world's fair) bid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyFUBczGWVA
  

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From Twitter 02-11-2011

• 10:04:56: Mercury News editorial: get US back into the BIE: http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_17353948
  
• 21:26:46: RT @UrsoChappell Had a great tour of Moffett Field today, the poss. site of Expo 2020... would be great to have a world's fair in USA again!
  

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From Twitter 02-10-2011

• 00:47:49: Recorded a podcast tonight about the Expo 2020 Silicon Valley bid with the Bay Area Counci's John Grubb.
  
• 00:52:12: @holyarrow We'll have more coming up soon, but not sure if I'll continue the day-by-day reports.
  
• 01:37:53: RT @terrastories See the San Francisco World's fair in 500 photos http://www.terrastories.com/bearings/sf-worlds-fair
  
• 01:39:17: @RJ0hn50n They sure do. There have been eleven world's fairs since then... and Silicon Valley is bidding for 2020 http://www.ExpoMuseum.com
  
• 01:44:39: RT @brkgnews 1939 World's Fair randomness du jour: Trylon and Perisphere in chicken and mashed potatoes, respectively. http://brkgne.ws/37
  
• 10:29:38: @tshumbie Where did you work at the 1984 World's Fair?
  
• 14:42:29: Expo 2010 China Pavilion re-opens: http://en.ce.cn/National/Local/201102/10/t20110210_22200099.shtml
  
• 14:47:18: RT @michaeljcoffey ... Some of those #tea facts are suspect, i.e., iced tea popularized, not invented at World's Fair.
  
• 14:48:59: RT @nydailynews 1964 World's Fair Austrian Pavilion is history http://nydn.us/fatLSF
  
• 14:51:46: @tshumbie Being nostalgic about the 1984 World's Fair, you might appreciate http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=44128884021
  

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From Twitter 02-09-2011

• 13:53:28: RT @SteveMinne 1939 New York World's Fair lecture by Steven Heller, 30 min video lecture on iTunes, free http://bit.ly/ha4tN2
  
• 15:29:56: Perhaps great news for an Expo 2020 in SV! RT @BayAreaCouncil President @barackobama ... $56 B on high-speed rail ... http://bit.ly/hsMNed
  
• 15:33:52: Mountain View Patch article about Expo 2020 Silicon Valley bid: http://goo.gl/xggus
  
• 16:36:41: The US Pavilion at Expo 67: http://gorillasdontblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/expo-67-us-pavilion-part-two.html
  
• 16:39:10: Expo '67 + Reggae! "The Last Train to Expo '67" by the Melodians: http://goo.gl/wrRVC
  
• 16:45:21: RT @holyarrow Canned Coffee, Fast Food, Plain Yogurt, and Baguettes all became well known in Japan thanks to EXPO '70
  
• 17:30:17: Always nice to see "World's Fair Wednesday": http://matterhorn1959.blogspot.com/2011/02/worlds-fair-wednesday-sputnik-and-more.html
  

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From Twitter 02-08-2011

• 11:07:21: Concerned about infrastructure for a 2020 world's fair? Subway construction in Milan in preparation for Expo 2015: http://goo.gl/13L2Q
  
• 23:09:42: Great Expo 2010 photos: Denmark Pavilion http://goo.gl/bm1yR and Canada Pavilion http://goo.gl/JX8r8
  
• 23:18:48: Video: local news report about Expo 2020 Silicon Valley bid: http://goo.gl/anLnt
  
• 23:23:36: Another news story about Expo 2020 Silicon Valley bid (and it even quotes our podcast!): http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=3893
  

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From Twitter 02-07-2011

• 01:54:24: Interesting (if I translated right): A "white list" for non-mafia companies to participate in Expo 2015: http://goo.gl/knmXX
  
• 02:13:04: New economic impact study out about Expo 2020 Silicon Valley bid: http://goo.gl/UhnJB
  
• 02:16:33: Mercury News article about Expo 2020 Silicon Valley bid: http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_17298412
  
• 18:08:38: RT @QueensMuseum #MuseumFactMonday Our building is the only surviving building from the 1939/40 World's Fair http://bit.ly/7ZcEAh
  
• 18:19:32: Expo 2020 Silicon Valley bid news: economic impact study http://fb.me/zpnNmF8Z
  

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From Twitter 02-06-2011

• 17:52:40: Updated the HemisFair '68 page: http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/1968/
  
• 17:54:52: RT @KevinM_PA @StarTalkRadio Do you think the 1939/64 World's Fair time capsule will last, or even make an impact on future generations?
  
• 17:56:10: RT @ridetheory A British pal just got Skype working, and we just chatted on the PicturePhone. The real world finally catches up with 1964...
  

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From Twitter 02-05-2011

• 03:02:24: Very nice! RT @holyarrow Fanmade Poster for the Japan Pavilion (featuring Kiku from Hetalia; Axis Powers) http://fav.me/d38u2zk #hetalia
  
• 17:42:29: RT @Ayako25998 Viral Marketing And The 1893 World's Fair http://bit.ly/hKHTps
  

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From Twitter 02-04-2011

• 16:59:48: RT @SteveMinne World's Fair Memorabilia Show, March 27, Elk Grove, IL http://www.worldsfairshow.com Who's going? @sllabstudios @studiosmith
  
• 17:00:51: RT @domreader Philately Fridays: Expo '70: Diggin' this 4 stamp set from Italy celebrating the 1970 World's Fair... http://bit.ly/fFq2Na
  
• 17:02:15: RT @itsyourcruise Did You Know? that the Skyway from the 1964-65 NY World's Fair is still in use at Six Flags Great Adventure...
  
• 17:03:56: RT @pop_hopper Illustration of the Ford/Disney Magic Skyway from the '64-'65 World's Fair program. http://twitpic.com/3w6imp
  

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From Twitter 02-02-2011

• 12:23:31: @Alltop_Disney Did you know... one of the Expo 58 rides ended up at SFOT & SFOG? (I rode it as a kid!) http://parktimes.com/content/node/52
  
• 12:24:43: Hmmm... Images aren't showing. RT @Alltop_Disney World's Fair Wednesday-Another Set of Modern Buildings Brussels 1958 http://bit.ly/frSXYU
  
• 16:54:39: Interesting Expo 67/Expo 70 stamp: http://cgi.ebay.ca/Can-508-25ct-EXPO-67-70-Emblems-MNH-CV-3-00-/180619910896
  
• 17:12:46: RT @TILReddits The 1982 World's Fair turned a profit of only $57 http://dlvr.it/FgTDW
  
• 19:27:17: RT @ExpoMilano2015 Svizzera | BeExpo2015 http://bit.ly/hbE8gO #ExpoMilano2015
  

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From Twitter 01-31-2011

• 19:13:01: Nice! Hadn't seen before: RT @ArtKnowledge The Big Eiffel Tower Game, souvenir of the Paris World's Fair of 1889 http://artpr.org/geWoZs ...
  
• 19:14:10: RT @expo2020 Help expand TX global influence! Support Houston's bid to host World's Fair @AaronPena @abelherrero @AllenFletcher @allenvaught
  
• 19:16:50: Great video showing off the Information and Communication Pavilion at Expo 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yMW7ac8dVk
  
• 19:23:41: @darthhouser Well, you could try for 2012 or 2015... or perhaps 2020 in the USA: http://www.ExpoMuseum.com http://www.ExpoBids.com/
  

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From Twitter 01-26-2011

• 11:37:04: @dreamon51 @jkheaton Sadly, it was the last world's fair in the USA. Perhaps that will change in 2020. http://www.ExpoBids.com/
  
• 11:38:32: RT @Alltop_Disney World's Fair Wednesday- Even More Modern Buildings http://bit.ly/fw3eYT
  
• 11:39:37: RT @CreativeDaily Part of a collection designed to be displayed (and used) at the 2015 Milan World's Fair, this... http://ow.ly/1b2sqw
  
• 11:41:15: RT @ryanbeckwith RFK "future is not a gift" quote is from Aug. 7, 1962 speech at the Seattle World's Fair. http://roll.cl/g6T51d
  
• 12:05:37: RT @SixCentPress Expo 86 Buttons: http://wp.me/pEO8y-h5
  
• 12:09:12: Anyone know of any Expo '86 25th anniversary celebrations? http://vancouverisawesome.com/2011/01/24/expo-86-25th-anniversary-celebrations/
  
• 13:39:13: @dreamon51 @jkheaton Sadly, that's a common misconception in the USA. Silicon Valley perhaps bidding to host 2020: http://www.ExpoBids.com/
  
• 17:20:33: @cdscally 2012 will be in Yeosu, South Korea; 2015 will be in Milan, Italy. Silicon Valley might host Expo 2020. http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/
  

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From Twitter 01-25-2011

• 12:52:21: '64-'65 New York World's Fair Austria Pavilion (which became a ski lodge) destroyed in fire: http://goo.gl/LslJC
  
• 12:53:20: RT @expo2020 Expand TX global influence! Support Houston's bid to host World's Fair! @RepAlvarado145 @RafaelAnchia @RepBerman @JohnCarona
  
• 15:46:46: Izmir Expo 2020 bid news: http://www.tourexpi.com/en-tr/news.html~nid=28665 & http://goo.gl/1Fbsh
  
• 17:37:02: Expo '74, environmentalism, and present-day context: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/jan/25/the-roots-of-sustainability/
  

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From Twitter 01-24-2011

• 15:12:36: Bill Cotter will be signing books later this week in Seattle: http://goo.gl/X9B8J Not in WA? Buy it online: http://ExpoMuseum.com/store/
  

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Author Bill Cotter Signing Books in Seattle

World's Fair Podcast guest Bill Cotter will be in Seattle signing copies of his newest book about the 1962 Seattle World's fair.

Here's his schedule:

Thursday, January 27 at 7:00 pm: Barnes & Noble, 2675 NE University Village Street, Seattle, WA 98105

Friday, January 28 from Noon – 2:00 p.m.: Seattle Museum of Mysteries, 623 Broadway E., Seattle, WA 98102

Saturday, January 29 at 2:00 pm: Elliott Bay Books, 1521 Tenth Avenue, Seattle WA 98122

Sunday, January 30 at 2:00 p.m.: Borders, 2437 Southcenter Mall, Tukwila WA 98188

Not in Seattle? You can buy his books online at the ExpoMuseum store:
http://ExpoMuseum.com/store/

From Twitter 01-21-2011

• 14:43:09: More info about the State Department RFP for creating a US Pavilion at Expo 2012: http://goo.gl/MI2UV
  
• 16:11:20: Great post! I added a comment. RT @paleofuture Once more, with feeling: Ford's Magic Skyway from the 1964 World's Fair http://bit.ly/gq7QU6
  
• 16:27:09: RT @expo2020 @RepJoeBarton Support expanding Texas's global influence! Support Houston's bid to host a World's Fair! #doitforhouston
  
• 16:32:05: Great find! I always hear this song as "au jus" RT @design_conquer Listening to some classic Expo '67 tunes: http://bit.ly/fWaHgY
  
• 16:40:41: RT @QuebecNewYork Everyone who was alive and in #Montréal in 1967 has a memory of our world’s fair. What is yours? http://bit.ly/fiXzyC
  
• 16:46:57: An argument against Ayutthaya, Thailand in 2020: http://www.asiathisweek.com/index.php?module=articles&func=display&aid=6872&ptid=9
  

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From Twitter 01-20-2011

• 12:48:15: It's looking like the State Department is going to try to have a US Pavilion at Expo 2012. Here's the RFP: http://goo.gl/DWDni
  

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From Twitter 01-19-2011

• 12:50:26: Great review of Expo 2010 by Alfred Heller. It was his 19th world's fair! http://www.worldsfairs.com/Worlds_Fairs/Review__2010.html
  
• 12:51:31: Alfred Heller was a recent guest on our podcast. Our most recent guest is BIE sec'y general Loscertales: http://www.WorldsFairPodcast.com/
  
• 13:22:34: RT @Alltop_Disney World's Fair Wednesday- Even More 1958 Brussel's Buildings http://bit.ly/i0vsyr
  
• 13:25:44: @cassidyripple They still have world's fairs... didn't use to be on a set schedule. Now, big ones every 5 years: http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/
  
• 13:27:30: @mikeal They still have world's fairs. The largest in history was last year in Shanghai: http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/
  
• 13:28:22: @mikeal ...and seeing that you're in Oakland, the Bay Area is bidding for Expo 2020. http://www.ExpoBids.com/
  
• 17:27:09: Expo 67 suddenly seems very popular... and there's a new book! http://goo.gl/XpjBz http://goo.gl/SY5HY
  
• 17:33:23: @MOHAI I'm a fan of both '62 and '67. I'm looking forward to the 50th anniversary of '62 next year. I enjoyed the 100th of 1909 at MOHAI!
  
• 17:35:22: @cassidyripple You're quite welcome. We haven't had a world's fair in USA since 1984. I'm hoping that will change in 2020. www.ExpoBids.com
  

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The World's Fair Podcast, Episode 23: BIE Secretary General Vincente Loscertales

In episode 23 of the World's Fair Podcast, Secretary General Vicente Loscertales is our guest.

Mr. Loscertales has been secretary general of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) through the last several world's fairs. We talk about his tenure, the importance of expos, and United States participation in the organization.

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From Twitter 01-16-2011

• 12:03:56: @GeekFilter @davecobb Actually, there are some folks working on a 1939 NY World's Fair project: http://goo.gl/354dM http://goo.gl/FgTRX
  

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From Twitter 01-14-2011

• 16:57:59: "World's Fair Use Day" ( #wfud ) really messes with my searches for "world's fair" tweets.
  
• 17:01:40: Good history of Chicago's flag (with 2 world's fair stars): http://historiesforkids.blogspot.com/2011/01/history-of-chicagos-flag.html
  
• 17:03:36: Habitat 67 seems to be a popular topic these days: http://worldfamousbuildings.blogspot.com/2011/01/habitat-67-in-montreal-canada.html
  
• 17:05:32: Great Biosphere (the US Pavilion from Expo 67) images: http://www.vivaboo.com/the-montreal-biosphere-is-a-modern-eco-museum/
  
• 17:08:22: What's next for HemisFair Park? http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/article/HemisFair-vision-begins-to-take-shape-953737.php
  
• 17:20:01: RT @2020WorldsFair Turkish pres. not taking sides in Izmir and Ankara's competition to be Turkey's bid for Expo 2020: http://bit.ly/eCzkws4
  
• 17:20:24: RT @2020WorldsFair Three provinces in Thailand still competing to be that country's bid locale for Expo 2020: http://bit.ly/feamxv
  
• 17:39:41: Always great to see new photos from 1964-'65 New York: http://gorillasdontblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-york-worlds-fair.html
  

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From Twitter 01-13-2011

• 11:13:47: Interesting details in this story about Expo 2020. 5 countries are Thailand, Turkey, Russia, Qatar and Brazil? http://tinyurl.com/4vdl2l4
  
• 17:11:37: @holyarrow Great point! 2014 Winter Olympics & 2018 World Cup (Russia), 2014 World Cup & 2016 Olympics (Brazil), and 2018 World Cup (Qatar)
  
• 17:15:22: Great poster design! RT @HistoryMuseum Great retro image of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair! http://bit.ly/ij5Kih
  
• 17:16:43: RT @expo2020 Do you support having a World's Fair in Houston? @RepKenMarchant
  
• 17:23:13: FExpo88 It's official, home of Brisbane Expo '88 is now 'down under' - 'down under water' that is http://fb.me/SNzYCDs0
  

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From Twitter 01-12-2011

• 11:42:05: RT @Alltop_Disney World's Fair Wednesday- More 1958 Brussel's World's Fair Buildings http://bit.ly/dGGCsG
  
• 12:29:17: 2010 Taiwan Pavilion being dismantled: http://big5.xinhuanet.com/gate/big5/news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/culture/2011-01/09/c_13682756.htm
  
• 12:43:08: @holyarrow Actually, there was a Taiwan Pavilion at Spokane's Expo '74, too: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollywoodplace/4266955079/
  
• 16:53:24: Expo 2020 News from Thailand: http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/216105/ayutthaya-prepared-to-spend-up-to-b1bn-on-world-expo-push
  

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From Twitter 01-11-2011

• 13:34:05: RT @DeMartini88 i just read that SF might host a World's Fair in the 2020s. sooo putting in on my calendar! (no, im totally serious.)
  

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From Twitter 01-10-2011

• 15:43:21: Bangkok Post on Expo 2020: "Thailand has Good Chance": http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/215409/thailand-has-good-chance-to-host-expo
  
• 21:41:52: Correction to post: Pay phones existed long before the 1915 PPIE: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a.2ajDTrhYfo
  

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From Twitter 01-09-2011

• 15:25:51: RT @UrsoChappell At the rededication of the Palace of Fine Arts from the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. 4 years until 2015!
  
• 16:30:07: AT&T introduced the first pay phone at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition.
  

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From Twitter 01-06-2011

• 12:24:17: RT @Alltop_Disney World's Fair Wednesday- Brussels 1958 More Country Pavilions http://bit.ly/hmlyIS
  
• 12:31:06: RT @zer0_raw Modernist haus fit for Vienna's modern art: Austria's pavilion for the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels is... http://bit.ly/ewhcwl
  
• 13:09:33: I don't know Thai, but I believe Ayutthaya was selected as Thailand's bid city for 2020: http://www.thairath.co.th/content/region/139170
  
• 13:14:18: I don't know Turkish, either, but it looks like Izmir will once again bid for 2020: http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ankara/16692002.asp?gid=140
  
• 15:10:17: Follow-up from earlier: It looks like Izmir and Ankara and both still competing to be Turkey's bid for Expo 2020. (I should learn Turkish!)
  
• 15:53:56: RT @House_Beautiful Love this vintage Chicago World's Fair pillow for someone who lives in the Windy City! http://ow.ly/3zrVA ~jd
  
• 15:54:35: RT @fcastore excited to be part of sustainable task force to bring World's Fair Expo to Houston! @expo2020 @AIAHoustonArCH
  
• 15:54:52: RT @LittleOwlSki 1964 World's Fair: Hall of Education: http://wp.me/pzUm9-hu
  
• 15:56:27: It'll be a movie soon! RT @joshcothran if you enjoy history even a little bit, The Devil in the White City is riveting...1893 world's fair.
  

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From Twitter 01-03-2011

• 00:22:00: A contemporary view inside Habitat 67 (originally from Expo 67): http://www.poetichome.com/2009/04/22/peeking-into-habitat-67-in-montreal/
  
• 17:17:56: No more Fun Forest at 1962 Seattle site: http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-fun-forest-closes-010211,0,950754.story
  

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From Twitter 01-01-2011

• 05:17:10: Happy 2011! It's another one of those pesky years without a world's fair.
  

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From Twitter 12-31-2010

• 15:40:13: 5 foreign Expo 2010 pavilions to stay, after all: France, Russia, Spain, Italy, Saudi Arabia: http://www.mysinchew.com/node/50624
  
• 15:42:59: The largest world's fair in history was in 2010, but it's mostly missing from the big 2010 lists in the United States. MMXI
  

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From Twitter 12-30-2010

• 01:55:46: Newly posted video from New York '64-'65: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbex4z-E0jk
  
• 02:03:31: @holyarrow Yes. It was too soon after Seattle's 1962... and Robert Moses wasn't a fan of the BIE anyhow.
  
• 18:03:19: Silent home movies from the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle, the Century 21 Exposition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUu4efWDWIk
  
• 19:03:21: RT @knoxify We're suckers for retro '82 World's Fair pictures. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheneworth/2679488579/
  

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From Twitter 12-29-2010

• 01:31:30: @EXPO2017Astana and @Liegeexpo2017 are both on Twitter... and seem to be the strongest contenders for Expo 2017 so far. www.ExpoBids.com
  
• 12:48:19: Worked at a world's fair? World Expositions Attendants and Guides Association: http://groups.google.com/group/wepaaga?pli=1
  
• 13:06:31: RT @Alltop_Disney National Pavilions- Brussels World's Fair 1958 http://bit.ly/gqTNzs
  
• 13:07:54: RT @WordNerdErin ...I fall to pieces at the end of Meet Me in STL every time: "The World's Fair! And it's right here - in our own backyard!"
  
• 13:09:23: We're working on just that: http://www.expo2020usa.com/ RT @whitekidproblem We need a good new World's Fair.
  
• 16:06:55: @FExpo88 alerted me to this article about Expo 2010 + Nation Branding: http://urlshorteningservicefortwitter.com/9df7v
  
• 16:10:08: Sadly, many folks in the US don't know what world's fairs are anymore. RT @jnek1127 @wee_vee lol the 1982 worlds fair was a big deal
  

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From Twitter 12-28-2010

• 13:11:05: @sfstagewalker @footage I know lots of folks who'd love to see that. There isn't much out there about '39-'40 San Francisco.
  
• 13:23:24: @enderyil Putting together ExpoBids.com, looking for more information about Izmir and Ankara bids for 2020. Have organizations been created?
  
• 13:29:40: Adam Minter: Expo 2010 Mattered: http://www.cnngo.com/shanghai/life/tell-me-about-it/adam-minter-2010-expo-mattered-951615
  
• 15:22:26: RT @collier1960 Fellow #Architects, here's the latest from Building Content; "CC: A World's Fair Look Into the Future" http://tiny.cc/lh830
  
• 15:56:57: The 10th anniversary of Hannover's Expo 2000 was this year: http://www.myheimat.de/laatzen/kultur/donnerstagsrunde-im-exposeeum-d190595.html
  

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From Twitter 12-27-2010

• 16:38:52: Expo 2010 Czech Pavilion sold to Chinese farm: http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-pavilion-at-expo-2010-sold-to-chinese-farm/542745
  
• 16:53:36: RT @CarouslOProgrss: All I want for Christmas (2011) is a new ending. Either our World's Fair ending brought back, or the future in 2020.
  
• 22:44:16: New info at http://www.ExpoBids.com/2017-2018.htm & http://www.ExpoBids.com/2020.htm + "likely" & "unlikely" categories. Agree? Disagree?
  

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From Twitter 12-25-2010

• 14:56:24: Merry Christmas, 즐거운 성탄, Buone Feste Natalizie, 聖誕快樂 新年快樂, Joyeux Noël, Feliz Navidad, Feliz Natal, & メリークリスマス from ExpoMuseum.com!
  
• 14:57:57: @tatershell @Aidanmom03 Actually, it was 1984: http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/1984 Expo '85 was in Japan... a long ride train ride from MS!
  
• 14:59:41: RT @nyrealestatemav City launches study to see whether World's Fair towers can be saved... http://fb.me/O76RVVnd
  
• 15:51:11: Looks like it will be an interesting book when it comes out in 2011: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1906506094/expomuseumcom-20
  

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From Twitter 12-22-2010

• 02:54:43: On the World's Fair Podcast, we talk with Alfred Heller, who has been to 19 expos from 1939 to 2010: http://www.WorldsFairPodcast.com/
  
• 03:20:17: Episode 22 of the World's Fair Podcast is now available for download. We were privileged to talk with Alfred... http://fb.me/R3p0FiLl
  
• 13:38:22: Expo 2010 pavilion demolition photos: http://www.xinhua.jp/socioeconomy/politics_economics_society/267269/ (via @holyarrow)
  
• 16:01:08: John McGregor has a new world's fair blog: http://worldexpositionssnapshot.blogspot.com/
  

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The World's Fair Podcast, Episode 22: Alfred Heller

In episode 22 of the World's Fair Podcast, writer Alfred Heller is our guest.

Alfred Heller founded World's Fair Magazine in 1981 and has been to 19 world's fairs so far... from 1939 to 2010. He talks about many of those world's fairs and why he thinks world's fairs are still relevant.

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World's Fairs and the End of Progress by Alfred Heller

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From Twitter 12-20-2010

• 12:09:43: RT @therealzooeyd I wish life were more like the film, "meet me in st. louis" I'd be so excited about the world's fair, and wear...
  
• 12:17:22: RT @explorechicago Visit the Chicago History Museum & step aboard an L train...to the 1893 World's Fair; FREE today http://bit.ly/ChiHistory
  
• 12:18:47: RT @queenofschemes now catching the fun part of the nutcracker on PBS. SF ballet, very cool, this version is based on 1915 World's Fair...
  
• 12:19:21: RT @sdgarguilo Checking out the Atomium in Brussels (a remnant from the 1958 World's Fair): http://plixi.com/p/63990160
  
• 13:42:25: King Cole, the leader of Spokane's Expo 74, has passed away: http://seattle.cityandpress.com/node/2453048
  
• 13:43:56: More about King Cole: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/dec/20/king-cole-father-expo-74-dies/
  

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From Twitter 12-18-2010

• 01:22:40: We talk about Expo 2010 and the USP on http://seasonpasspodcast.libsyn.com/tspp-150-2010-review-most-memorable-moments-end-of-line-12-17-10
  
• 01:25:01: Slightly updated the 2012 and 2015 pages: http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/2012/ http://www.ExpoMuseum.com/2015/
  
• 04:23:38: New video about Expo 2012 in Yeosu (Can you spot the stock video shot at Epcot?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngWAkr4F1W8
  

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From Twitter 12-17-2010

• 12:20:52: RT @indtidbits Criticized as an “eyesore,” the Eiffel Tower was intended to be torn down immediately after conclusion of the World's Fair.
  
• 12:22:54: RT @CasualOptimist The Accidental Optimist: Seattle World's Fair 1962 http://post.ly/1LUE0 #poster
  
• 12:26:48: Christmas at the Expo '70 site in Osaka: http://www.expo70.or.jp/movie/illuminight_2010_03.html (found via @Opa_3)
  
• 12:31:10: Expo '85 Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jHJkJytkag (via @BUBBLE_B, et. al.)
  
• 12:34:18: Some great details of Expo 86! RT @planstoprosper #Video of #Vancouver Skytrain at the Expo in 1986 http://is.gd/iN3yL
  
• 12:41:43: Great promotional video from Expo '98: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eOWv3HIvGk (Expo 2012 could do worse than to borrow this concept)
  

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From Twitter 12-16-2010

• 12:00:23: Just got an email about the Expo 2010 US Pavilion store closing out their items: http://www.usapavilion2010store.com/
  
• 12:03:36: @CA_tea @Celtiegirl Iced tea was first popularized at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, but it had already existed.
  

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From Twitter 12-15-2010

• 00:07:40: World's fairs fell out of favor in 20th Century? They don't have them anymore? http://tinyurl.com/2dt3c5r
  
• 00:11:20: RT @MadeInLiege #Liege2017 Présentation du 3 Dec en Pdf http://bit.ly/edYq8R
  
• 16:52:17: RT @enderyil İzmir is the candidate city of Expo 2020... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixy4T5oSlJI
  
• 17:47:57: RT @Archives_Mtl Farewell Expo 67 in the October issue of Montréal 67! http://fr.calameo.com/read/00020327474afdacfbd56
  

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From Twitter 12-14-2010

• 23:57:09: RT @answersuniverse At the 1939 New York World's Fair, how large were the TryIon and the Perisphere? http://bit.ly/h6TQ2D #answers
  

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From Twitter 12-10-2010

• 11:25:04: RT @iancavalier A 200-foot observation wheel is coming to the @seattlecenter ...to celebrate the 1962 World's Fair! http://bit.ly/hPm8ZH
  
• 17:05:23: Knute Berger is always interesting, but this time also funny, when talking about Shanghai's Expo 2010: http://tinyurl.com/2ejucvv
  

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From Twitter 12-09-2010

• 12:25:22: RT @magmachart Technology And Jobs At The 1939 World's Fair http://mag.ma/897000
  
• 12:26:56: @LNSmithee @JoshTurnes In North America, young people ask "What's a world's fair?"
  
• 12:31:28: RT @jesseyariel: Denmark Pavillion for Shanghai Expo 2010 / BIG | ArchDaily http://t.co/jUnBmPc via @archdaily
  
• 12:33:53: Denmark at Shanghai's Expo 2010: http://www.archdaily.com/6465/denmark-pavillion-for-shangai-expo-2010-big/ #archdaily
  
• 12:35:23: Great images of Osaka's Expo '70: http://www.archdaily.com/93208/osaka-world-expo-1970/ #archdaily
  
• 12:39:11: RT @Alltop_Disney World's Fair Wednesday- Korea Pavilion Interiors http://bit.ly/dZkEYf
  

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From Twitter 12-08-2010

• 17:10:35: This looks like it might be an interesting book about Expo '67: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802097081/expomuseumcom-20
  

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From Twitter 12-01-2010

• 16:06:35: @heldermira @wherewelive Yeosu, South Korea's Expo 2012 will return to the ocean theme: www.ExpoMuseum.com/2012 & www.ExpoMuseum.com/1998
  
• 16:09:26: RT @MadeInLiege: Edmonton 2017 a massive opportunity squandered - http://bit.ly/f1FPKA #liege2017
  
• 16:15:35: Korea Herald article on Yeosu's plans for Expo 2012: http://www.koreaherald.com/business/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20101110000572
  
• 16:56:33: @theseasonpass Another great episode. I'm looking forward to talking more about Expo 2010 and those two attractions that won Theas!
  
• 16:56:39: RT @theseasonpass: Time to VOTE!! ;) Once a day - everyday. Season Pass for Best Travel at www.podcastawards.com Thanks! -Doug
  
• 16:57:13: @holyarrow New York 1939-'40 would be my first choice if I had a time machine.
  

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From Twitter 11-26-2010

• 22:03:11: Great photos and video from Osaka's Expo '70: http://pinktentacle.com/2010/03/photos-expo-70/
  

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From Twitter 11-25-2010

• 13:43:21: In episode 21 of the World's Fair Podcast, Bill Cotter is our guest. We talk with Bill about his newest book,... http://fb.me/N770Cd65
  
• 15:31:29: Episode 21 of the World's Fair Podcast: Bill Cotter on the 1962 World's Fair and John from Expo 2010: http://www.WorldsFairPodcast.com/
  
• 17:26:01: Video slideshow: "The Weird Futurism" of Osaka's Expo '70: http://gizmodo.com/5698454/the-weird-futurism-of-the-1970-worlds-fair
  

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The World's Fair Podcast, Episode 21: Seattle's Century 21 Exposition with Bill Cotter + John's Expo 2010

In episode 21 of the World's Fair Podcast, John and Urso talk with Bill Cotter, author of the new book Seattle's 1962 World's Fair.

John also calls in from Shanghai's Expo 2010 to report on its last week. He meets up with previous guest Peter Sams, director of the Australian Pavilion, for a wrap-up of the largest world's fair in history.

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Mystery Science Theater 300's version of Century 21 Calling

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From Twitter 11-24-2010

• 12:55:33: RT @scotsullivan Obsession of the moment: GM's Futurama ride at 1939 World's Fair http://twitpic.com/39rqbm
  
• 12:56:17: RT @Alltop_Disney World's Fair Wednesday- Four Different Views http://bit.ly/h4Rv3R
  
• 12:57:11: RT @djsoulsister: To this day I don't know why ppl joke abt the #nola '84 World's Fair. All I remember from that is FUN.
  
• 13:01:14: RT @FExpo88 Expo 2012 Yeosu promotional video - Watch! http://fb.me/zrqF5NJa
  

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From Twitter 11-23-2010

• 16:08:33: "World's fair" is to "expo" as "soccer" is to "football."
  
• 16:16:03: Little Mermaid back in Copenhagen: http://www.cphpost.dk/culture/culture/50509-happy-ending-to-little-mermaids-china-adventure.html
  

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From Twitter 11-22-2010

• 16:42:41: Edmonton EXPO 2017 announcement: Government of Canada denies support of Edmonton's bid to host EXPO 2017.
  
• 16:46:09: CBC article about dead Edmonton bid: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/11/22/edmonton-feds-kill-expo-bid.html
  
• 17:08:59: Edmonton bid for Expo 2017 appears dead: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/11/22/edmonton-feds-kill-expo-bid.html
  

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From Twitter 11-16-2010

• 13:05:48: @manwithblackhat Expos change with the times... just like the Olympics, theme parks, movies, music, etc. Better, worse, or just different?
  
• 13:07:31: RT @FExpo88 An excellent article by Crosscut Seattle's Knute Berger on future World Expositions bids. Knute and I... http://fb.me/LaGle5bx
  
• 13:10:00: RT @EdmontonChamber Mandel tells chamber audience city is committed to Expo 2017 bid. Are you behind the bid?
  
• 13:12:07: RT @QueensMuseum In our current Luis Márquez show, there are 5 prints originally shown @ the '39-40 World's Fair http://bit.ly/d7dbpO
  
• 13:14:31: RT @ghostwhisperers Not a week goes by that I am not haunted by some ghost of Expo '67. It is a Canadian plague to... http://bit.ly/9W2rUZ
  

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From Twitter 11-14-2010

• 01:36:05: RT @brkgnews Photos of the demolition of the Disney pavilions at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair http://brkgne.ws/28
  

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From Twitter 11-13-2010

• 19:47:23: RT @sqwelsch J'ai ajouté une vidéo YouTube à mes favoris. -- 1982 World's Fair Commercial http://youtu.be/Bsegfh5oXKg?a
  
• 19:47:56: RT @servoisnaked: @EPCOTExplorer @mfeige Love 39, 64, but also 1839 Chicago World's fair that is talked about in the awesome book Devil ...
  
• 19:50:34: @manwithblackhat @fender_splendor No possible bids Chicago Expo 2020 that I know of. They canceled their Expo '92. http://www.ExpoBids.com/
  
• 19:51:39: @fender_splendor Schwarzenegger announced a bid to host Expo 2020 in Silicon Valley: http://www.ExpoBids.com/
  

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The World's Fair Podcast, Episode 20: Listener Questions

In episode 20 of the World's Fair Podcast, Urso and John respond to listener questions, including some very philosophical questions about the sustainability of expo, what makes a "successful" world's fair, and the importance of site planning, architecture and design.

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From Twitter 11-09-2010

• 16:02:07: Bird's-eye view of Yeosu, South Korea's Expo 2012: http://www.expo2012.or.kr/eng/preview/specialization_01.asp
  

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From Twitter 11-08-2010

• 11:18:19: Thailand's bid for Expo 2020: http://www.tceb.or.th/world-expo-2020/index.php
  

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From Twitter 11-05-2010

• 08:59:15: Astana, Kazakhstan's bid for Expo 2017 now has a site: http://www.expo2017astana.com/cms/en
  
• 09:01:43: RT @QueensMuseum Neat video of the 1939 World's Fair http://youtu.be/1fP4t3bte30 (our next exhibition focuses on the '39-'40 Fair!)
  
• 09:04:37: RT @UTDallasNews #UTDallas: Job Gives Student an Inside View of a World's Fair http://bit.ly/bI6aqX
  
• 11:50:05: 01 June 2011: Deadline for Expo 2017 bids according to Edmonton video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IzjJDZnAsM
  
• 16:22:27: Shanghai to build NEW World Expo Museum (no relation to our site) that is presumably different from existing one: http://bit.ly/afLyBt
  

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From Twitter 11-04-2010

• 09:31:18: Recent podcast episodes: 20 (listener feedback), 19 (Malcolm Snow), 18 (Expo 2020 in USA): http://www.WorldsFairPodcast.com/
  
• 09:32:15: @HolyArrow Will you record it and share online?
  
• 09:41:07: Shanghai Daily: "Thumbs Down for US Pavilion": http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=453502
  
• 14:34:30: RT @rasmusj78: Image of the Day: courtesy of the '64 World's Fair - http://j.mp/bnfFlw
  
• 14:37:02: The world's fair this year was about cities. RT @AiYoNick Watching a movie in class called "The City"...shown at the World's Fair in 1939
  
• 14:39:12: Didn't know that! RT @BroomsRUs @JesusWife The H.R. Pufnstuf character was originally created for the HemisFair '68 world's fair in 1968.
  
• 16:18:04: Leonardo DiCaprio to play 1893 World's Fair killer in movie based on the book Devil in the White City: http://bit.ly/cOu8Z2
  
• 16:32:26: Thailand bid for Expo 2020 news: http://bit.ly/bZVaXo and http://bit.ly/cWtE0T Ayutthaya, Chiang Mai or Chon Buri?
  

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From Twitter 11-03-2010

• 12:27:18: RT @googlyfish USA Job News Shanghai World Expo 2010: USA Student Interns Defy Corporate Control http://ow.ly/19ME6E
  

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Expo 2010's Japan Pavilion

I've stitched together still photos and video I took at the Japan Pavilion at Expo 2010 and put them online.



Be aware that it's silent when the still photos are up, so don't be startled when the sound starts.

A Special Appeal: Get the USA back into the BIE

Folks from all over the United States are talking about having their city host a world's fair in 2020.

To make this happen, the United States needs to rejoin the BIE, the Bureau International des Expositions, and pay back dues from the years we've missed since pulling out of the organization in 2003.

Contact your senator and representative and tell them to restore funding to the BIE: http://www.USA-BIE.org/

The World's Fair Podcast, Episode 19: Malcolm Snow and the Expo 88 Legacy Site

In Episode 19, John and Urso talk to Malcolm Snow, the CEO of the South Bank Corporation, which controls the legacy site of Brisbane, Australia's Expo 88. He talks about the challenges of honoring the Expo 88 legacy and balancing contemporary needs for the site.

South Bank Corporation

Foundation Expo 88

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The World's Fair Podcast, Episode 18: The Return of a World's Fair in the United States

Will the United States once again host a world's fair in 2020? Episode 18 of the World's Fair Podcast features a panel discussion in St. Louis discussing what it would take for the United States to get back into the expo game. Panelists include event director Steve Heckler, legendary world's fair pavilion creator Barry Howard, and ExpoMuseum.com's Urso Chappell.

ExpoBids.com - with links to various news stories

Expo2020USA.com

Expo2020.us

LAExpo2020.org

2020WorldsFair.com

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The World's Fair Podcast, Episode 17: Who Will Host Expo 2020?

Episode 17 of the World's Fair Podcast is now up. Who will host Expo 2020? Urso and John talk about the various cities that might be bidding in 2011 or 2012 for the right to host the next large world's fair after Milan's Expo 2020.

ExpoBids.com - with links to various news stories

Expo2020USA.com

Expo2020.us

LAExpo2020.org

2020WorldsFair.com

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Artist Rendering of Expo 2020 at Moffett Field

Here is an artist rendering released today showing how Moffett Field would look as a world's fair in 2020.



...and a link to today's San Jose Mercury article:
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16044443

I have to say I'm really excited about the possibilities here. I like the ferry connection that would presumably link to San Francisco and Oakland... and wonder how the site could be linked up to the Caltrain Station across Highway 101. A temporary gondola ride over the freeway would be an interesting solution.

Moffett Field

It looks like Moffett Field is the proposed location for a Silicon Valley World's Fair in 2020.

It's a great choice if it is available. This site consists of at least 800 acres of federally-owned land. It's already home to NASA, a gigantic awe-inspiring hangar (that they've talked about turning into an air and space museum in the past), some university buildings, and it's right next to the Highway 101 corridor that runs between San Francisco and San José.

There's talk that it could become a new University of California campus after the exposition. That wouldn't be unprecedented. The University of Washington started out its life as the site of the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.

With all of the creativity and dynamism that is San Francisco and Silicon Valley, I think it would be an amazing event!

With Govenor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Bay Area Council supporting it, it sounds like it would have the support of government officials (Democrats as well as Republicans) as well as local business. The only other factor is the general population. There will always be folks against any big plan, but I think the vast majority in the Bay Area will support it.

There's word that there will be a major announcement within the week. Let's hope we can find some money soon to support the bid.

Schwarzenegger calling for the San Francisco Bay Area to host a world's fair in 2020

California's governor is in Shanghai calling for the San Francisco Bay Area to host Expo 2020, the next BIE-sanctioned world's fair after Milan's Expo 2015:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/08/BA7F1FA33H.DTL

This is fantastic news. This would mean we'd have both Democrats and Republicans supporting the effort.

I think we might just have at least two or three credible bids by United States cities for a world's fair in 2020.

The World's Fair Podcast, Episode 16

Episode 16 of the World's Fair Podcast is now up. In part three of Urso's Expo 2010 review, he talks about the pavilions of Belgium/European Union, Serbia, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, Chile, Mexico, Cuba, and Venezuela.

ExpoMuseum's photos on Flickr:
Belgium/European Union Pavilion
Serbia Pavilion
Germany Pavilion
Switzerland Pavilion
Italy Pavilion
Canada Pavilion
Chile Pavilion
Mexico Pavilion
Cuba Pavilion
Venezuela Pavilion

Video of Switzerland's Chair Lift Ride

ShanghaiWorldsFair.com

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The World's Fair Podcast, Episode 15

In Episode 15 of the World's Fair Podcast, John McGregor continues his trip report from Japan where he visited several expo legacy sites. We also listen to audience questions and feedback, including information on how we can bring a world's fair back to the United States in 2020.

Links:
Australian Memorial Hall in Yokkaichi
Expo 70 on ExpoMuseum.com
Expo 75 on ExpoMuseum.com
Expo 85 on ExpoMuseum.com
Expo 2005 on ExpoMuseum.com

Expo 70 Commemorative Organization
Expo 90 Foundation

Foundation Expo '88's Facebook Page

Expo2020USA.com - site with information about the 2020 World's Fair panel discussion in St. Louis

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