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 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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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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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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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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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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designed by DLR Group for the expo. This would have been the first World Fair to be held in the Western Hemisphere since Expo 86. The theme for this bid for...
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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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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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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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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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highest auction price for a car at that time. Pattison used it to promote Expo 86 in Vancouver. In 1987, Pattison donated the car to the Province of British...
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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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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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Architecture of Vancouver (section Expo 86)
One Wall Centre Audain Art Museum Woodward's Building Telus Garden The Expo 86 World Exposition that was hosted on former railway and industrial lands...
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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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Parade reconvened in November 2009 to begin work on their third album, Expo 86. In an interview with Exclaim! magazine, Dan Boeckner stated that the album...
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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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represented. One of the greatest and most memorable events during Expo 86 was Steam Expo. This was known as "the largest gathering of operating steam locomotives...
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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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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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the eastern Canadian franchises. McDonalds Canada was a food sponsor at EXPO 86 with their floating restaurant nicknamed the McBarge. In 1989, McDonald's...
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commissioned by the government of the Northwest Territories for its pavilion at Expo 86, and later given to the City of Vancouver.[citation needed] An inunnguaq...
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Expo 2017 Astana was an International Exposition which took place from June 10 to September 10, 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan. The expo's theme was "Future...
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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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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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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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southern tip of Sechelt Inlet. The building was originally a restaurant from Expo 86 and has since been slowly transformed into an air and sea gateway to Sechelt...
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