In the late 1960s, Spokane s civic leaders were desperately looking for a way to revitalize a large section of downtown, especially a motley collection of little-used railroad lines and polluted industrial sites along the Spokane River.
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Critics predicted the project was sure to fail, as Spokane was the smallest city to ever host a world s fair, but history proved them wrong.
Their solution was to use the area for Expo 74, which was billed as the first ecologically themed world s fair.
In the late 1960s, Spokane s civic leaders were desperately looking for a way to revitalize a large section of downtown, especially a motley collection of little-used railroad lines and polluted industrial sites along the Spokane River