In one of those random, serendipitous moments of web browsing, I happened across this retrospective of Expo ‘86, the last North American world’s fair that happened here in Vancouver, British Columbia. I was 11, and was lucky enough to get to go a few times. The site brings back tons of memories, and I find it odd to feel so nostalgic for something that occurred less than 20 years ago. But the sheer lack of remnants from the fair is somehow overwhelming. Aside from the large structures that have become part of Vancouver’s landscape, like Science World (always a favourite place to visit) or the Plaza of Nations (I once saw the Dave Matthews Band play there - best live musical performance I’ve ever seen), there’s really not much left. The “whatever happened to” page is great, as is the page dedicated to the site 15 years later, full of photos taken in 2001.

For a fun (and somewhat creepy) story of how some folks paddled out to the final resting place of the McBarge, broke in and took some photos, check this out. At least I now know where to go if I ever need a crapload of McDonalds trays!

And I should point out that all of this is courtesy of UselessDegree, who’s post I found while searching Technorati to see if anyone else had noticed that GOOGLE IS FREAKING DOWN!

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