I wondered at the time how long it would be before motorcars would be introduced to the streets of the city - and a barnstormer ride where we would ride in airplanes dangling from cables from one end of the park to the other. It would have completely changed the complexion of the place to keep the park exactly a hundred years in the past. Think about it - it would now be 1909. The World's Fair in St. Louis has come and gone, with its electric lights and trolley cars, a giant Ferris Wheel and the Olympic Games, iron lung displays and incubator babies. Not to mention aboriginal people on display.
Come to think of it, the GE does kind of feel that way. They could easily move the Ferris Wheel from CC, add a trolley car around the perimeter, and stick a ragtime piano player in the gazebo. It'll still feel like an add-on, much like a water park added to DW or SF.