We watched the 1963 Elvis movie It Happened at the World's Fair last week because it's set in Seattle during the World's Fair. It was pretty neat seeing how Seattle looked in the 60s. The Space Needle was painted orange and the Monorail was brand new. There were a couple of scenes filmed inside the Monorail when it was going to and from downtown and the Pacific Science Center and it looked weird not seeing any tall buildings around. Downtown was pretty small back then. So, even though the movie wasn't that great (I've seen much better Elvis movies), it was still cool recognizing all the locations and seeing how Seattle looked back then.
We moved to Seattle in February 2008 and shared blog posts and photos during our first few years in Seattle.
- Troy & Lesley H
Friday, July 25, 2008
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I saw that movie a couple of weeks ago as well and thought interesting to compare Seattle now to then (and Kirk Russell now to then). The Space Needle was more unusual when it was painted orange. - MOM
I thought it was kind of neat when it was Orange, it's too plain now. But it's interesting what a big deal the World's Fair was.
guess you're lucky it was in color.
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