In conjunction with their exhibit “Treasures from the White City: The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893,” the Richard H. Driehaus Museum in Chicago is offering a series of walking tours titled “Chicago’s Gold Coast Patronage and the 1893 World’s Fair” on Saturdays from 1-2:30 pm between September 8 to October 13.
Led by Sally Kalmbach, the tour will explore Chicago’s famous Gold Coast neighborhood. Still one the most beautiful and architecturally rich neighborhoods in the city, the Gold Coast was once home to World’s Fair architect John Root (whose former home is still standing) and Potter and Bertha Palmer (whose spectacular Palmer Mansion is not). Other buildings on the tour were designed by Richard Morris Hunt, S.S. Beman, Charles McKim, Henry Ives Cobb, and Louis Sullivan.
Tickets for the tour are $25. Ordering and more information can be found at:
http://driehausmuseum.org/programs/detail/chicagos-gold-coast-patronage-and-the-1893-worlds-fair
