Throwback Thursday: Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic dome on Edmonds waterfront

Buckminster Fuller's dome once graced the Edmonds waterfront. (Photo courtesy of Edmonds Historical Museum).
A Buckminster Fuller geodesic dome once graced the Edmonds waterfront. (Photo courtesy of Edmonds Historical Museum).

After the Seattle World’s Fair, a geodesic dome exhibit by creative genius Buckminster Fuller was transported to the Edmonds Waterfront. This photo of the dome is courtesy the Edmonds Historical Museum, where director Caitlin Kelly invites folks to visit and step back in time.

 

  1. It was the Ford Paviliion at the fair. It had a fabric roof that eventually deteriorated and the whole thing was torn down.

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