America hosted the World's Fair of 1893 as a celebration of Columbus ... "The influence of the Exposition on architecture will be to inspire a reversion toward the pure ideal of the ancient ...

The 1893 World’s Fair (officially known as the World ... Sure, there was gorgeous Beaux Arts architecture (which inspired Frank Baum when he imagined The Emerald City in The Wizard of Oz ...

the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition was a smashing success for the city of Chicago. According to the Chicago Architecture Center, the fair lasted just six months but brought 27 million people ...

Tim Samuelson, Chicago’s official cultural historian and an expert on Sullivan’s architecture ... to make a connection between the World’s Fair of 1893 and the center.

The upcoming weekend is a particularly busy one for fans of Chicago history and architecture ... Industry] Take a virtual trip to the 1893 World’s Fair, site of Devil in the White City [Curbed] ...

Chicago History Museum/Alamy The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 was visited by more than ... is the high watermark of the Prairie School of architecture (Credit: Raymond Boyd/Corbis) Sullivan ...

From stunning pieces of now-iconic architecture to flashy cars and ... THE FERRIS WHEEL // CHICAGO WORLD’S FAIR 1893 The original Ferris Wheel at the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago ...

Peter Nepstad, a Chicago native who lives within walking distance of the site of the 1893 World's Fair, has spent the better portion of the last four years of his life designing a game that would ...

America hosted the World's Fair of 1893 as a celebration of Columbus ... "The influence of the Exposition on architecture will be to inspire a reversion toward the pure ideal of the ancient ...