The 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communication, or simply Expo 86, was a World's Fair held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from May...
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Expo 86 is the third full-length album by Canadian indie rock band Wolf Parade. It was released on 29 June 2010. Expo 86 received positive reviews from...
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Expo 86 was a World's Fair held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1986. Expo 86 may also refer to: Expo 86 (album), 2010 album by Wolf Parade "Expo...
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World's fair (redirect from World expo)
Vancouver: Expo 86 Brisbane: Expo '88: now represented with the South Bank Parklands Seville: Expo '92 Daejeon (Taejŏn): Expo '93 Lisbon: Expo '98 was divided...
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Millennium Line, the original line was given the name "Expo Line". The new name was in recognition of Expo 86 (the World's Fair that Vancouver hosted in 1986)...
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Slow (band) (section Expo 86 show)
1986. Slow are known for a controversial incident which both marred the Expo 86 festivities and effectively ended the band's career. While performing their...
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SkyTrain (Vancouver) (section Expo Line)
2024. The name "SkyTrain" was coined for the system during Expo 86 because the first line (Expo) principally runs on elevated guideway outside of Downtown...
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such as Expo 86 and Expo 88, were intended as full-fledged World Expos. Others, such as Expo 74, the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, or Expo '85, were...
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to early 1986, Harry Home led efforts to restore CN 6060 and run it to Expo 86 in Vancouver. The 6060 was rebuilt in Jasper, Alberta, and was run under...
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conferences and events, including the 1954 Commonwealth Games, UN Habitat I, Expo 86, APEC Canada 1997, the World Police and Fire Games in 1989 and 2009; several...
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The Highway 86 art installation was a 217-metre long absurdist highway created for Expo 86 by James Wines and SITE. Highway 86 did not survive beyond the...
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, managed by TransLink. The Expo Line was built for the Expo 86 World's Fair; the Millennium Line opened in 2002, followed...
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restored again by Home and the Rocky Mountain Rail Society in time for the Expo 86 event in Vancouver, British Columbia. After the event, it stayed in Vancouver...
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False Creek (category Expo 86)
Creek just west of the Cambie Bridge. In 1986, it was the location of the Expo 86 World's Fair. False Creek South is a neighbourhood that runs along south...
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McBarge (category Expo 86)
restaurant, built on a 187-foot-long (57 m) barge for Expo '86 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Moored on Expo grounds in Vancouver's False Creek, it was the...
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Circle-Vision 360° (section Expos)
Expo 58 and Disneyland were built as Circarama theaters. The latter would be upgraded to the Circle-Vision 360° system. Although the theater at Expo 61...
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Science World (Vancouver) (category Expo 86)
government in 1987, the building was built as Expo Centre for the Expo 86 world's fair. Following the end of Expo 86, the building was re-purposed as a science...
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For the 1986 World's Fair (Expo 86), held in Vancouver, a Buckminster Fuller-inspired Geodesic dome was designed by the Expo's chief architect Bruno Freschi...
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Pattison led the organization of Expo 86 in Vancouver as the chief executive officer and president of the Expo 86 Corporation. When he was appointed...
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1986, 4466 ventured to Vancouver, British Columbia, to be part of Steam Expo '86. The engine and tender were loaded onto flatcars in Sacramento, and headed...
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Rockwell in some of its early-1990s editions. Informational signage at Expo 86 made extensive use of the Rockwell typeface. Docklands Light Railway used...
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The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, commonly known as Expo 67, was a general exhibition from April 28 to October 29, 1967. It was a category...
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firm did work contributing to such structures as the Omni Max Theater for Expo 86 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and the Epcot Center’s Horizon...
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system in Greater Vancouver, Canada, was conceived as a legacy project of Expo 86 and was finished in time to showcase the fair's theme: "Transportation...
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Canada Place (category Expo 86)
R. Bennett, Premier of BC to initiate the first concrete pour. During Expo 86, the Canada Pavilion at Canada Place was opened by Prince Charles and Brian...
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Christopher Walla – guitar, keyboards, samples, production, mixing (except “Expo 86” and "The Sound of Settling"), recording, vocals on "Transatlanticism"...
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Punchlines' "No Name Player" before joining the Second City comedy ensemble at Expo 86. He continued performing with Second City in Toronto and later in Los Angeles...
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Rainbow War (category Expo 86)
Oscar-nominated 19-minute animated/live action short film created for Expo 86, the 1986 World's Fair in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was directed...
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popularized nationwide after being highlighted as a classic Canadian dessert at Expo 86. Recipes for similar desserts are found in various places, under various...
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Oceanside Street Attack Contest: Street 1st in 1986 NSA Expo 86 (Vancouver, BC): Pool 3rd in 1986 NSA Expo 86 (Vancouver, BC): Vert 2nd in 1986 NSA Chicago Blowout...
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