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Happy Birthday to Architect Robert Peabody
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Happy Birthday to Architect Robert Peabody

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Happy Birthday to Architect Robert Peabody

Today we celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Robert Swain Peabody on February 22, 1845. Peabody was a cofounder of the Boston architectural firm of Peabody & Stearns, designer of Machinery Hall (also known as the Palace of Mechanical Arts) and the Massachusetts Pavilion for the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. Architects invited by Daniel Burnham to contribute building for the World's Columbian Exposition gathered in Chicago on January 10, 1891. Robert S. Peabody traveled from the east [...]

By Scott|2022-03-05T08:35:09-06:00February 22nd, 2018|Categories: HISTORY|Tags: Abraham Gottlieb, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Charles McKim, Daniel Burnham, Dankmar Adler, Frederick Law Olmsted, George Post, Henry Codman, Henry Ives Cobb, Henry Van Brunt, Jackson Park, John Root, Louis Sullivan, Machinery Hall, Massachusetts State Building, Peabody & Stearns, Richard Hunt, Robert S. Peabody, Rookery Building, Solon S. Beman, William Le Baron Jenney|0 Comments

March 8, 2018: Union League Club of Chicago lecture on “The Columbian Exposition”

The Union League Club of Chicago (ULCC) is celebrating the 125th anniversary of the 1893 World's Fair with a presentation by Greg Cook titled "The World's Columbian Exposition and its Transformation of Chicago Architecture" on Thursday, March 8 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Union League Club (65 Jackson Boulevard in Chicago). The Union League Club of Chicago. [Image from https://www.facebook.com/ULCChicago/] A cocktail reception with a cash bar and light appetizers will start at 5:30 pm and feature a display of the Union [...]

By Scott|2024-10-27T12:18:20-05:00February 17th, 2018|Categories: EVENTS (past)|Tags: Book of the Fair, Daniel Burnham, Edwin Lee Brown, Union League Club of Chicago|0 Comments

Nov. 30, 2017: “Fair Game” theater show at Northwestern University

An interactive theater show opening soon at Northwestern University will allow audience members to walk through the magic (and menace) of the 1893 World’s Fair. “Fair Game: A Chicago Spectacle” by Sit and Spin Productions explores Chicago in the years 1891 to 1893, as the city builds and then hosts the Columbian Exposition. Written and directed by Eli Newell, the choose-your-own-adventure “FAIR GAME” is described this way: As the 1890s commence and the new century beckons, Chicago is a [...]

By Scott|2024-10-27T12:18:13-05:00November 18th, 2017|Categories: EVENTS (past), THEATER|Tags: Amy Beach, Bertha Palmer, Carter Harrison, Daniel Burnham, Devil in the White City (book), Eugene Patrick Prendergast, Frederick Law Olmsted, George Ferris, H. H. Holmes, John Root, Sol Bloom, Sophia Hayden, theater, Woman's Building|0 Comments