Man on the street: Should the U.S. Pavilion be covered?
Passersby speak out on Expo '74 landmark in Riverfront Park.
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An archive photo is super-imposed over an aerial shot of the U.S. Pavilion. The Flour Mill and Spokane Coliseum can be seen in the background.
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Stacy Ramos: “I think it looks better the way it is. Just do without and give the money to schools or another noble cause.”
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Stacy Ramos: I think it looks better the way it is. Just do without and give the money to schools or another noble cause.” Her brother, Sheldon Ramos, said, “I think the same.”
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Chris Bovey: Bovey, whose vintage poster prints feature iconic signs, storefronts and signs around Spokane, said that it would “be cool” to restore a covered U.S. Pavilion that gave visitors a flavor of Expo ‘74. “Here you have a couple of generations that have never witnessed that with their own eyes,” Bovey, whose print of the Clocktower in Riverfront Park includes the silhouette of an uncovered pavilion, said. But he was also concerned about potential costs to citizens. “As a taxpayer, I wouldn’t want to waste millions of dollars every year just because it’s kind of retro and cool,” he said.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Review
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Joe Allman: “I think so, I know that the canvas is expensive, but I like that it is organic.”
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Kay Becker and Lona Janes: “No, I like the way it looks now. It’s the way it was when I grew up here,” Janes said. Janes and Becker discussed the changes to Spokane’s landscape becoming more like Seattle. Becker said, “That’s not a bad thing.” Janes, whose grandfather worked at the park before it officially became Riverfront Park in 1974, expressed her appreciation for Spokane historic landmarks. “It would be nice to keep some of these things the way they are,” Janes said.
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Ben Campbell: “I like it open better.”
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Maurina Ladich: “I think so, just to kind of have the shelter.” She and her sister, Elena Ladich, liked the idea of a cover. “I would agree, it would be a nice thing for the city,” Elena said.