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Chicago Statues from the 1893 World’s Fair Under Scrutiny
The City of Chicago has announced the beginning of a process to review forty-one statues, monuments, murals, and plaques in the city that have been “identified for public discussion.” The list includes four statues that have a direct connection to the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago: The Republic by Daniel Chester French https://chicagomonuments.org/monuments/the-republic This 1918 smaller replica of the original 1893 Statue of the Republic by Daniel Chester [...]
“Devil in the White City” Update from Eric Larson
In an interview with The Naples Daily, Eric Larson offers this status report on the adaptation of his The Devil in the White City. “It’s slated to be a Hulu series. DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese are still involved, I believe, but as executive producers. I don’t think DiCaprio has any intention of playing the killer Holmes, as was originally contemplated. The saga of adapting Devil for film or TV [...]
Tom Ripley in the White City?
Sneaky devils. Just days after reporting that Robert Pattison was in talks for the role of (alleged) serial killer H. H. Holmes, Giant Freakin Robot has revealed that Matt Damon is a top choice for the lead role in the Hulu adaptation of Erik Larson’s 2003 bestseller about the 1893 World’s Fair, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America. Damon, star [...]
Vampire in the White City?
After nearly two years of silence since the February 2019 announcement that Erik Larson’s 2003 bestseller about the 1893 World’s Fair, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, was being developed as a Hulu miniseries, a report on one potential casting has surfaced. Giant Freakin Robot reports that Robert Pattinson currently is in talks for the role of (alleged) serial [...]
As the Fairgrounds Bern …
CHICAGO, Ill., January 23, 2021 — Our internet service provider has informed us that worldsfairchicago1893.com is obligated to contribute to the meme of the week. Here you go.
Daniel Burnham Inducted into Lincoln Academy Hall of Fame
Daniel Burnham, Director of Works for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, is one of five Illinois figures inducted into the Lincoln Academy of Illinois Hall of Fame of Historic Illinoisans. The Academy’s citation for Burnham reads: Daniel Burnham (1846 – 1912) is famously quoted as saying, “Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably will not themselves be realized.” He was an environmentalist, architect [...]
Season’s Readings: New Books about the World’s Columbian Exposition
2019 brought several additions to the World’s Columbian Exposition bookshelf.
Commonplace Fun Facts Relives the Wonder of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair
We appreciate the invitation to “Relive the Wonder of the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair” from Commonplace Fun Facts. The website’s fascinating “collection of trivia, fun facts, humor, and interesting notions” includes a few other posts that feature some Columbian connections, including one about popcorn history and another about Chicago’s “Windy City” moniker. Check it out.
The World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 and the Library of Congress (video)
C-SPAN is streaming a recorded lecture on “The World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 and the Library of Congress.” In this talk, originally presented for the United States Capitol Historical Society (USCHS) on October 13, 2020, art historian Lynda Cooper reconstructs the relationship between the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago and the Library of Congress’s Thomas Jefferson Building (1889–1897) in Washington, D.C. Working from an art history perspective, [...]
Voting Ends on Tuesday, November 3.
Just a friendly reminder from worldsfairchicago1893.com to exercise your right to vote. Voting ends on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. "Miss Chicago Up to Date" showing a suffragette posing as the Statue of the Republic from the 1893 World's Fair. [Image from the August 11, 1913, issue of The Chicago Examiner.]