Post #97762 by Sweet Daddy Tiki on Tue, Jun 22, 2004 11:36 AM

I'd like to put in a word for Expo '67 in Montreal. I went with my dad towards the end of the fair in October -- not the best time to visit Montreal, weatherwise, but hey, it got me out of grade 6 for a week! And I got to see the country by train which was a blast.

Expo was a marvel of architecture, especially Buckminster Fuller's geodesic dome for the American pavillion and Moshe Safdie's Habitat 67 -- a complex of modular living units that was hyped as the future of housing.

Another remarkable aspect of Expo '67 was the cutting edge (for that time) use of film and multi-media, with everyone trying to outdo each other with bizarre multi-screen presentations.

I recently found an Expo '67 guidebook in mint condition which brought back lots of memories and made me wish I'd been a little older at the time to appreciate it more (like my sister who was a teenager then. I think her fondest memories of Expo were the discotheques and the exotic French speaking boys).

I found this website that has photos and detailed descriptions of all the pavillions: http://naid.sppsr.ucla.edu/expo67/

I also went to Expo '86 in Vancouver but there was no comparison. 1967 was Canada's Centennial year -- a huge "coming out" party for the country and a very exciting time to be a Canadian. I don't think that feeling has ever been the same since.