From 1975: Over the preceding two years, the tilted-parasol canopy over the U.S. Pavilion in Riverfront Park had become Spokane’s most recognized symbol. The only problem? The canopy was badly ripped ...

All told, advocates claim the funding package would have as radical an effect on Spokane as did Expo ’74 more than 50 years ago. “The Spokane community back then dreamed big. We were the smallest city ...