The World’s Fair and the Journalist Who Believed In It

During the days before the grand opening of the long anticipated 1984 World’s Fair in New Orleans the event seemed to be headed for a disaster. (This past Friday, May 11, was the 39th anniversary of the gates opening.) Though the fair’s beginning had caused much excitement in the community, there was also concern. Things […]

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