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Remembering George R. Davis, Director-General of the Fair

By Scott|2018-07-07T12:13:41-05:00November 25th, 2017|Categories: HISTORY|Tags: Agricultural Building, construction, George R. Davis, Jackson Park, lagoon, Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building|

On November 25, 1899, George R. Davis died in Chicago. He served as the Director-General of the 1893 World’s Fair. This short biographic sketch of Davis appears in "My Country, Tis of Thee !" or, the United States of America; Past, Present and Future by Willis Fletcher Johnson and John Habberton, (John Y. Huber Company, 1892): A portrait of George R. Davis from Picturesque World's Fair (W. B. Conkey, 1894) The Director-General of the Exhibition, its chief [...]

Palacio’s “World of Iron”

By Scott|2022-09-18T15:47:19-05:00October 13th, 2017|Categories: HISTORY|Tags: Ferris Wheel, proposed buildings|

Imagine a colossal globe—six times larger in diameter than the “Spaceship Earth” geodesic sphere at Disney’s Epcot Center and supported by a base as tall as the original Ferris Wheel—towering over the 1893 Columbian Exposition fairgrounds. Miles of tramway would carry visitors along a spiral path rising inside the globe and then emerge and continue ascending around the exterior to an observation pinnacle eclipsing any man-made structure. That stupendous vision emerged from the mind of Alberto de Palacio in [...]

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Remembering George R. Davis, Director-General of the Fair

Remembering George R. Davis, Director-General of the Fair

Palacio’s “World of Iron”

Palacio’s “World of Iron”