The first World Fair held in the United States in 1876 debuted Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone, the typewriter, a mechanical calculator and Heinz Ketchup. To enter the expo site, visitors will need to show a negative PCR test or proof of COVID-19 vaccination. So what is a World Fair in this not-quite-post-pandemic year of 2021? Some World Fair structures remain iconic markers of the human journey and our industrial evolution. The Space Needle in Seattle, Washington, built for the 1962 World Fair, is another structure with continued prominence and allure.
