Shows how, other than Fuller's design, the NYWF U.S. Pavilion was much more subtantive that the superficial content of US at Expo '67. A wonderful timepiece, and those expo girls' outfits! Swingin'! Thanks for sharing this!!
I was only 7 then, but remember it well! I remember looking into the capsul that the astronauts died in. Expo 67 to me was a look into technological advancement. It was the first time I ever had pizza! Thanks for the memories! Weird music though...
Let me say that I LOVED Expo 67 (and the 65 NYC World's Fair too), but considerfing how modern and futuristic the theme generally was, I can't believe this kind of cornball organ music (this isn't Bach) was played throughout! With all of the space age music of the time (let alone the cool seemingly sophisticated pop and hi fi music of the age), you'd think they would have gone with something other than iceskating rink music.
I was three myself, from NYC. Yes, for a fair in which so much attention was paid to design, and all geared towards a super modern conception (as in the NY World's Fair of a few years earlier), it's funny how off kilter so much of the music piped through the place was. Having said that, ultra modern electronic music by Tristram Cary was also commissioned and played:
expo 67 WAS VISITED BY US IN 1969, THE WOODDSTOCK WEEKEND WE GOT TRAPPED IN THAT MASSIVE TRAFFIC JAM ON THE NYTHRUWAY FOR 6 HOURS TO GO 20 MILES, EXIT 16 WAS STANDSTILL AND WE SPENT 4 DAYS HERE AND THEN RETURNED ..............
I think that they should install some windows in that thing again, it looked better with them and they could grow tropical plants inside like they used to. Now it looks just like an overgrown jungle gym from a playground with the bare bars.
@IpcressRecordings Unlike most world fairs Expo 67 had several iconic structures not just one or two, the Canada Pavilion, the French Pavilion, British Pavilion, and about a dozen other all stand out. One was was never a pavilion at all, the Habitat House, it still has people residing there till this day. Architecture has really taken a dive since that time, you have a faux Victorian at one end and deconstructist crap at the other with boring concrete and glass boxes inbetween.
Shows how, other than Fuller's design, the NYWF U.S. Pavilion was much more subtantive that the superficial content of US at Expo '67. A wonderful timepiece, and those expo girls' outfits! Swingin'!
Thanks for sharing this!!
I was only 7 then, but remember it well! I remember looking into the capsul that the astronauts died in.
Expo 67 to me was a look into technological advancement. It was the first time I ever had pizza!
Thanks for the memories! Weird music though...
I love the music!!!
This video brings back fond memories when I was living in Montreal.
Incredible to see the structure still standing today!
Let me say that I LOVED Expo 67 (and the 65 NYC World's Fair too), but considerfing how modern and futuristic the theme generally was, I can't believe this kind of cornball organ music (this isn't Bach) was played throughout! With all of the space age music of the time (let alone the cool seemingly sophisticated pop and hi fi music of the age), you'd think they would have gone with something other than iceskating rink music.
I was three myself, from NYC. Yes, for a fair in which so much attention was paid to design, and all geared towards a super modern conception (as in the NY World's Fair of a few years earlier), it's funny how off kilter so much of the music piped through the place was. Having said that, ultra modern electronic music by Tristram Cary was also commissioned and played:
expo 67 WAS VISITED BY US IN 1969, THE WOODDSTOCK WEEKEND WE GOT TRAPPED IN THAT MASSIVE TRAFFIC JAM ON THE NYTHRUWAY FOR 6 HOURS TO GO 20 MILES, EXIT 16 WAS STANDSTILL AND WE SPENT 4 DAYS HERE AND THEN RETURNED ..............
I think that they should install some windows in that thing again, it looked better with them and they could grow tropical plants inside like they used to. Now it looks just like an overgrown jungle gym from a playground with the bare bars.
@IpcressRecordings Unlike most world fairs Expo 67 had several iconic structures not just one or two, the Canada Pavilion, the French Pavilion, British Pavilion, and about a dozen other all stand out. One was was never a pavilion at all, the Habitat House, it still has people residing there till this day. Architecture has really taken a dive since that time, you have a faux Victorian at one end and deconstructist crap at the other with boring concrete and glass boxes inbetween.
Ahhh, electronic music before the micro-processor: solid-jiggly-cheese.
Well, ok (for you vintage fanatics) warm, solid-jiggly-cheese.
LOL!
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