Archi-Ninja » Exposition Universelle http://www.archi-ninja.com Sun, 08 Feb 2015 23:57:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 Trottoir Roulant – Exposition Universelle 1900 http://www.archi-ninja.com/trottoir-roulant-exposition-universelle-1900/ http://www.archi-ninja.com/trottoir-roulant-exposition-universelle-1900/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:05:36 +0000 http://www.archi-ninja.com/?p=1972 “When Paris hosted the Exposition Universelle in 1900, it unveiled its vision for the future of transport. Below ground, the city’s stylish new Metro made its debut, while above ground was something more avant garde. The trottoir roulant was a moving walkway that circled the fair in a 3-kilometre loop, its articulated wooden segments “gliding around like a wooden serpent with its tail in its mouth”, according to one reporter. Nearly 7 million visitors hopped on. A few even brought folding chairs, which proved useful when one woman gave birth in transit. Her child was promptly christened Trottoir Roulant Benost. A new kind of traveller had been born.” Check out the full Story Here.

The below video, filmed at the Exposition in 1900 is playful display of human curiosity.

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