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1. www.inlander.com › culture › expo-74-fifty-yearsExpo '74: Fifty Years Later | Arts & Culture | Spokane | The ...

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   May 2, 2024 · Spokane's civic brain trust, driven more or less by panic, had to do something. What's special about our city and its downtown, they started wondering, that could secure its future?

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2. www.inlander.com › news › ewu-historian-bill-youngsQ&A: EWU Historian Bill Youngs talks about writing the ...

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   Apr 4, 2024 · The tome is a landmark account of Spokane history, but getting a copy has become difficult — and expensive — in recent years.

3. www.inlander.com › news › the-story-of-expo-74-isThe story of Expo '74 is the story of rediscovering what can ...

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   May 5, 2022 · Thousands of tons of railroad tracks crossed the site; an industrial laundry belched soap suds into the river; Havermale Island was known for its railroad terminal, motel and parking lot; and...

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Robert_Lee_YatesRobert Lee Yates - Wikipedia

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   Death (commuted to life), Robert Lee Yates Jr. (born May 27, 1952), also known as the Grocery Bag Killer, is an American serial killer from Spokane, Washington. From 1975 to 1998, he is known to have murdered at least 11 women in Spokane.

5. www.spokesman.com › stories › 1984Archive for 1984 - The Spokesman-Review

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   Causes of elderly woman’s death determined. Foul play suspected in woman’s death. Victim of slaying: She thought she was safe. All stories for April 1984 » 1983. 1985. Sponsored. TDS...

6. www.northwestmuseum.org › exhibitions › currentIt Happened Here: Expo '74 Fifty Years After » Northwest ...

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   May 4, 2024 · Fifty years later, Expo ’74 remains one of the single most transformative events in Spokane’s history, radically reshaping its natural and built environment. Expo ’74 ushered in a new era for the city - one centered on urban renewal, commercial growth, and political progress.

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   How did Expo 74 change Spokane?

   • For many in the Inland Northwest, the 1974 World’s Fair remains the single most transformative event in living memory. Radically reshaping Spokane’s natural and built environment, Expo ’74 ushered in a new era for the city—one centered on urban renewal, commercial growth, and political progress.

   It Happened Here: Expo '74 Fifty Years After - Visit Spokane

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   What happened to Spokane in the 1960s?

   • Before you jump in, consider a little context. The unvarnished truth is that in the 1960s Spokane was at a crossroads. The early years of the settlement saw spectacular growth, with the population nearly tripling between 1900 and 1910. Eventually, however, Spokane started to stagnate. By 1970, 11,000 fewer people lived in Spokane than in 1960.

   Expo '74: Fifty Years Later | Arts & Culture | Spokane | The Pacific

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   What happened at Expo 74?

   • Fifty years later, Expo ’74 remains one of the single most transformative events in Spokane’s history, radically reshaping its natural and built environment. Expo ’74 ushered in a new era for the city - one centered on urban renewal, commercial growth, and political progress.

   It Happened Here: Expo '74 Fifty Years After

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   Is Expo '74 a renewed devotion to the Spokane River?

   • When lecturing about Expo '74, I can't resist bragging that our residual is a renewed devotion to the Spokane River that started opening day, May 4, 1974, and endures to this day. O ur love of the Spokane River is all the more remarkable because of what an evolution it took to bring it back into our public consciousness.

   The story of Expo '74 is the story of rediscovering what can ... - Inlander

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   Why is Spokane a'residual'?

   • Spokane was also ahead of its time in creating the first world's fair to embrace an environmental theme. Perhaps most important to all who lived here, our Expo resulted in one of the most impressive "residuals" in the history of world's fairs. In exposition terminology the "residual" is what is left behind once a fair is over.

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   What is a'residual' of Spokane's World's Fair?

   • One more great "residual" of Spokane's world's fair is that we learned what can be achieved through hard work, great vision and community engagement. ♦ J. William T. Youngs, a history professor at Eastern Washington University, is the author of The Fair and the Falls, the definitive history of Expo '74.

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8. www.visitspokane.com › events › it-happened-hereIt Happened Here: Expo '74 Fifty Years After - Visit Spokane

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   For many in the Inland Northwest, the 1974 World’s Fair remains the single most transformative event in living memory. Radically reshaping Spokane’s natural and built environment, Expo ’74 ushered in a new era for the city—one centered on urban renewal, commercial growth, and political progress.