Expo 67 pavilions Expo 67 pavilions The Expo 67 International and Universal Exposition featured 90 pavilions representing Man and His World, on a theme derived from , written by the famous French pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The exposition displayed many nations, corporations, industries, technologies, social themes, religions and designs, including the US pavilion, a geodesic dome designed by Buckminster Fuller. Expo 67 also featured Habitat 67, an urban modular housing complex designed by architect Moshe Safdie, whose units were purchased by private Montrealers after the fair was concluded, and is still occupied today. The most popular display of the exposition was the soaring
S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland in both directions, which ran to Gaschwitz in the south. Later lines were built out to Wurzen in the east and Grünau in the West. On 29 February 1968, the Leipzig Bezirk government decided to build an S-Bahn network. Already at the spring trade fair, the "S-Bahn-style rapid transit" system was demonstrated between the main station and the newly established "Messegelände" (Exhibition Center) stop. By 12 July 1969, the S-Bahn network was expanded to the entire heart shape, in order to cope with traffic volume of the 5th East-German Gymnastics and Sports Festival (). The two branches were named S1