AI: The World Fairs 🏛️ London 1851,🗼 Paris 1889, 🎡 Chicago 1893, 🚀 New York 1939-40, and 🌍 Montreal 1967 Compared
“We are living in a period of the most wonderful transition… The distances which separated the different nations and parts of the globe are rapidly vanishing…” – Prince Albert, the chief organizer
“The Tower will be the tallest edifice ever raised by man. Will it not, therefore, be grandiose in its own way?” – Gustave Eiffel, the engineer
“For the visitor, the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 was a short course in the history of civilization and a glance at the Utopian future, all for 50 cents. Visitors… were introduced to the Ferris wheel, the zipper, Cracker Jack, shredded wheat, juicy fruit gum, and… electric lights.” – Reid Badger, historian
“Today the eyes of all our citizens are on this temple of peace… where the vanguards of a friendly civilization moved forward to the high-road of the future.” – President FDR
“Vive MontrĂ©al! Vive le QuĂ©bec! … Vive le QuĂ©bec libre!” – Charles de Gaulle