World's Fairs

Philadelphia, PA -

Logan Square - Great Central Fair (1864)

Fairmount Park - Centennial International Exposition (1876)

National Export Exposition (1899)

FDR Park/Stadiums - Sesquicentennial Exposition (1926) (150th Anniversary of USA)

New York, NY -

SoHo - American Institute Fair (1829-1853)

Bryant Park, Manhattan (NY Crystal Palace) - American Institute Fair (1854-1897), Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations (1853/4)

UWS Manhattan (Inwood Park, Fort Tryon, Highbridge Park) - New York World's Fair (1883)

Riverside Park, Manhattan - Hudson-Fulton Celebration (1909) (Hudson Tricentennial & Fulton Centennial)

Starlight Park, Bronx - Bronx International Exposition of Science, Arts & Industries (1918)

Midtown - Grand Central Palace (Lexington & 43rd-47th) - French Exposition (1924)

Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens - 1939/40 World's Fair, 1964/5 World's Fair (300th Naming of NY)

Montreal,QC - Montreal Industrial Exposition (1860) (British North America), Expo 67 (1967) (Canadian Centennial)

Atlanta, GA -

West Midtown/Exposition Cotton Mills - International Cotton Exposition (1881)

Piedmont Park - Piedmont Exposition(1887), Cotton States & International Exposition (1895)

Boston, MA (Back Bay) - American Exhibition of the Products, Arts & Manufactures of Foreign Nations (1883/4)

Louisville, KY (Old Louisville Central Park) - Southern Exposition (1883/4/5/6/7)

New Orleans, LA -

Audubon Park - World Cotton Centennial (1884),

Central Business DIstrict , Riverewalk & Port of NOLA - Louisiana World Exposition (1984)

Cincinatti, OH (Washington Park) - Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley & Central States (1888)

Buffalo, NY -

International Industrial Fair (1888/9)

Delaware Park - Pan-American Exposition (1901)

Washington, DC (West National Mall, Lincoln Memorial) - Exposition of the Three Americas (1892)

Chicago, IL -

Jackson Park - World's Columbian Exposition (1893)

Coliseum Park (Wabash Ave & E 15th St) - National Half-Century (of Negro Freedom) Exposition & Lincoln Jubilee (1915)

Northerly Island & Burnham Park - Century Of Progress Exposition (1933/4)

Coliseum Park (Fort Dearborn Park/Soldier Field) - American Negro Exposition/Black World's Fair/Diamond Jubilee Expo (1940) (75th Anniversary of End of Slavery & Civil War)

San Francisco, CA

Golden Gate Park - California Midwinter International Exposition (1894), California Golden Jubilee & Mining Fair (1898)

Gaspar de Portola Festival (1909) First Governor of California, Discovered San Francisco Bay

Marina District (Presidio & Fort Mason) - Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 World's Fair)

Embarcadero, Civic Center Plaza, Union Square - California's Diamond 75th Jubilee (1925)

Treasure Island - Golden Gate International Exposition (1939/40) (Celebrating Golden Gate & Oakland Bay Bridge)

Mexico, City, MX - Mexico City International Exposition (1896)

Nashville, TN (Centennial Park) - Tennessee Centennial & International Exposition (1897)

Omaha, NE (Kountze Park) - Trans-Mississippi & International Exposition (1898), Greater American Exposition (1899)

Paris, France - French Industrial Exposition (1844), Exposition Universelle (1855) Exposition Universelle (1867), Exposition Universelle (1878), Exposition Universelle (1889), Exposition Universelle (1900) Exhibition of the American Negroes (1900), Summer Olympics (1900), International Exposition of Modern Industrial & Decorative Arts/Paris Exposition (1925), Paris Colonial Exposition (1931), Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (Technical Arts & Modern Life) (1937)

Charleston, SC (Hampton Park & Citadel) - South Carolina Inter-State & West Indian Exposition (1901/2)

Toledo, OH - Ohio Centennial & Northwest Territories Exposition (1902)

St. Louis, MO (Forest Park, University of Washington) - Louisiana Purchase Centennial Exposition (1904)

Portland, OR (SW Portland, Guilds Lake, Pearl District) - Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition (1905)

Norfolk, VA (Sewell's Point) - Jamestown Tricentennial Exposition (1907)

Seattle, WA -

University of Washington - Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909)

Seattle Center & Space Needle - Century 21 Expo (1962)

Knoxville, TN -

Chilhowee Park - Appalachian Expositions (1910/11), National Conservation Exposition (1913),

World's Fair Park - World's Fair 1982

SanDiego, CA (Balboa Park) - Panama-California Exposition (1915/6/7), California Pacific International Exposition (1935/6)