This year had many celebrations and publications on the 50th anniversary of   
   the fair.  It seemed overwhelmingly that people had fond memories of it.   
      
   But to read Caro's book on Moses, one would think the fair was a disaster,   
   with grossly overcharged admission and fees and rents to cover Moses well paid   
   political buddies, and a great absence of exhibitors thanks to Moses being   
   such an SOB and chasing    
   everyone away.   
      
   Caro says Moses refused to impose any architectural standards with a chaotic   
   result, but IIRC, the fair had a great deal of innovative modern architecture   
   by its exhibtors, such as IBM's Selectric typefont.   
      
   I wonder if, when Caro's book originally came out in 1974, if readers noticed   
   the discrepancy between Caro's version and their own memories of only ten   
   years earlier.   
      
   I don't believe the Columbia exhibits of a few years ago touched on the fair   
   issues, nor do I recall reading any discussion of Caro's comments.   
      
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