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Dec. 2 2020: “Building Chicago’s Public Spaces with Julia Bachrach” (online)
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Dec. 2 2020: “Building Chicago’s Public Spaces with Julia Bachrach” (online)

EVENTS (past)

Dec. 2 2020: “Building Chicago’s Public Spaces with Julia Bachrach” (online)

The Chicago Public Library, in partnership with the Chicago Architecture Center, will host an online presentation on "Building Chicago’s Public Spaces" by Chicago parks historian Julia Bachrach. The talk on Wednesday, December 2, from 6-7 pm, is free but registration is required: https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/5f9c4a02e085ab5c2caf057d Bachrach will highlight two major architectural themes in park history: the Museum of Science and Industry—built as the Palace of Fine Arts for the World’s Columbian Exposition—and the fieldhouse, an influential building type invented in Chicago. She will [...]

By Scott|2023-01-12T20:31:15-06:00November 12th, 2020|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: Charles Atwood, Daniel Burnham, Jackson Park, Palace of Fine Arts|0 Comments

When Buffalo Bill Cody Goosed the World’s Fair
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When Buffalo Bill Cody Goosed the World’s Fair

NEWS, Uncategorized

When Buffalo Bill Cody Goosed the World’s Fair

In the fall of 1893, Buffalo Bill Cody “departed Chicago with a million in cash and the irony of the last laugh,” writes Matt Braun in his article “Buffalo Bill Goosed the World’s Fair” in the May 2014 issue of True West magazine. “He never paid a red cent to Burnham or the World’s Columbian Exposition,” The article offers an account of how Nate Salsbury, Cody’s partner and business manager, requested a concession from the Columbian Exposition's Committee of [...]

By Scott|2023-02-19T10:34:02-06:00May 15th, 2020|Categories: NEWS, Uncategorized|Tags: Buffalo Bill, Daniel Burnham|0 Comments

Frederick Law Olmsted’s 1893 Report to the American Institute of Architects
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Frederick Law Olmsted’s 1893 Report to the American Institute of Architects

REPRINTS

Frederick Law Olmsted’s 1893 Report to the American Institute of Architects

Equaling or surpassing the grandeur of the White City palaces were the awesome scenic grounds of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. The eminent landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, who had laid out New York's Central Park and the Chicago suburb of Riverside, transformed Jackson Park (“the least park-like ground within miles of the city”) into a garden of stunning beauty enjoyed by tens of millions of visitors. In this report to the American Institute of Architects (published The American [...]

By Scott|2020-04-26T15:18:28-05:00April 26th, 2020|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Daniel Burnham, Frederick Law Olmsted, Henry Codman, Jackson Park, Rudolph Ulrich|0 Comments

“Haunts of the White City” Offers a Few World’s Fair Ghost Stories
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“Haunts of the White City” Offers a Few World’s Fair Ghost Stories

PRODUCTS, RESEARCH

“Haunts of the White City” Offers a Few World’s Fair Ghost Stories

Haunts of the White City: Ghost Stories From the World's Fair, the Great Fire, and Victorian Chicago by Ursula Bielski. History Press, 2019. ISBN: 9781467139656. Softcover, 272 pages. $21.99. Even those of us who don’t believe in ghosts can enjoy a good ghost story. And Chicago is full of them. Ursula Bielski collects many of the more famous spectral tales, and few lesser-known phantoms, in Haunts of the White City. Spawning these claims of the supernatural are the expected [...]

By Scott|2024-02-17T10:01:37-06:00February 1st, 2020|Categories: PRODUCTS, RESEARCH|Tags: Daniel Burnham, H. H. Holmes|0 Comments

“Nothing equal to it since the Parthenon.” Remembering Charles B. Atwood
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“Nothing equal to it since the Parthenon.” Remembering Charles B. Atwood

REPRINTS

“Nothing equal to it since the Parthenon.” Remembering Charles B. Atwood

Charles Bowler Atwood (1849–December 19, 1895), the most prolific architect of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, designed more than seventy-five buildings and structures, ranging from the stock to the sublime.

By Scott|2022-06-14T12:35:55-05:00December 19th, 2019|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Charles Atwood, Daniel Burnham, Palace of Fine Arts|2 Comments

“The Current War” offers only a dimly lit view of the 1893 World’s Fair
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“The Current War” offers only a dimly lit view of the 1893 World’s Fair

NEWS, VIDEO

“The Current War” offers only a dimly lit view of the 1893 World’s Fair

The 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago shines on the big screen, if only for a few minutes. The Current War (2017, released 2019) tells the story of the rancorous rivalry between inventor Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch), who adamantly championed direct current (DC) technologies to electrify and illuminate American cities, and George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon), who banked on alternating current (AC). The legendary “war of the currents” has these titans of the electrical industry setting their sights on powering the Columbian [...]

By Scott|2023-12-20T13:47:10-06:00October 30th, 2019|Categories: NEWS, VIDEO|Tags: Administration Building, Charles Schwab, Daniel Burnham, Dewitt Cregier, electricity, Electricity Building, George Westinghouse, Grover Cleveland, Nikola Tesla, Opening Day, The Current War, Thomas Edison, Tower of Light, Victor Lawson, Zoopraxographical Hall|0 Comments

Mar. 4-Apr. 22, 2019: Montclair Reads “The Devil in the White City” (Montclair, NJ)
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Mar. 4-Apr. 22, 2019: Montclair Reads “The Devil in the White City” (Montclair, NJ)

EVENTS (past)

Mar. 4-Apr. 22, 2019: Montclair Reads “The Devil in the White City” (Montclair, NJ)

The Montclair Library (Montclair, NJ) is hosting a series of events relating to the 1893 World’s Fair as part of their programming for Montclair Reads The Devil in the White City, focused on Erik Larson’s best-selling book (soon to be a miniseries) about the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and a nearby killer, H. H. Holmes. Events include: Montclair in the Gilded Age. Monday, March 4 at 6:30 pm, Main Library Auditorium. Learn about life in Montclair in the late [...]

By Scott|2022-03-05T10:47:07-06:00March 16th, 2019|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: Daniel Burnham, Devil in the White City (book), H. H. Holmes, L. Frank Baum, W.W. Denslow|0 Comments

“Devil in the White City” to be a Hulu Mini Series
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“Devil in the White City” to be a Hulu Mini Series

NEWS, VIDEO

“Devil in the White City” to be a Hulu Mini Series

One man built a dream city on the shores of Lake Michigan, attracting tens of millions of visitors from around the world. Another built a nightmare hotel in a neighborhood near the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Erik Larson entwined the true stories of architect Daniel H. Burnham and serial killer H. H. Holmes into a fascinating narrative in his 2003 bestseller The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America. [...]

By Scott|2022-12-10T10:11:08-06:00February 12th, 2019|Categories: NEWS, VIDEO|Tags: Daniel Burnham, Devil in the White City (book), Devil in the White City (TV), H. H. Holmes|1 Comment

Jan. 24, 2019: Sophia Hayden’s Gold Medal To Be Auctioned
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Jan. 24, 2019: Sophia Hayden’s Gold Medal To Be Auctioned

ANTIQUES, EVENTS (past)

Jan. 24, 2019: Sophia Hayden’s Gold Medal To Be Auctioned

The reverse of Hayden's presentation medal . [Image from John McInnis Auctioneers.] John McInnis Auctioneers (76 Main Street, Amesbury, MA) will offer a rare item from the 1893 World’s Fair in their “Numismatics, Exonumia, Silver and Jewelry” auction on Thursday January 24, 2019. Lot 10 is a 14-karat gold presentation medal awarded to architect Sophia Hayden for her design of the Woman’s Building. An inscription on the obverse reads "Sophia G. Hayden--Presented by the Board of Lady Managers [...]

By Scott|2019-01-30T21:33:32-06:00January 16th, 2019|Categories: ANTIQUES, EVENTS (past)|Tags: auction, Bertha Palmer, Daniel Burnham, Sophia Hayden, Woman's Building|0 Comments

Pillars of the Fair: John Root and Henry Codman
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Pillars of the Fair: John Root and Henry Codman

HISTORY, LOST & FOUND

Pillars of the Fair: John Root and Henry Codman

Two pillars of the 1893 World’s Fair died unexpectedly before they could complete their work on the fairgrounds. Even the preliminary architectural contributions of both men, however, played a monumental role in the success of the Columbian Exposition. So, it was fitting that a small monument to the memory of these two leading designers graced the fairgrounds. John Wellborn Root (left) and Henry Sargent Codman (right). Glorious achievements January 13 marks the anniversary of the death of [...]

By Scott|2022-12-10T10:11:00-06:00January 13th, 2019|Categories: HISTORY, LOST & FOUND|Tags: Columbian Fountain, Daniel Burnham, Devil in the White City (book), Field Museum, Frederick Law Olmsted, Harriet Monroe, Harriet Monroe’s History of the World’s Fair, Henry Codman, John Root, MacMonnies Fountain, Museum of Science and Industry, Palace of Fine Arts|2 Comments