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“World’s Fairs and the Death of Optimism”
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“World’s Fairs and the Death of Optimism”

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“World’s Fairs and the Death of Optimism”

Darran Anderson’s essay “World’s Fairs and the Death of Optimism” (citylab.com, October 3, 2018) addresses the fading luster of World’s Fairs and uses some examples from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago to illustrate his point. “World’s Fairs fell from grace,” writes Anderson. “Who could blame nostalgia towards witnessing the Crystal Palace, the head of the Statue of Liberty in a Parisian park, the extra-terrestrial Trylon and Perisphere, or the Tower of the Sun? This was bolstered by [...]

By Scott|2018-10-19T16:14:35-05:00October 20th, 2018|Categories: NEWS|Tags: Dankmar Adler, Ferris Wheel, Golden Door, Lorado Taft, Louis Sullivan, Sophia Hayden, Transportation Building, White Rabbits, Woman's Building|1 Comment

Remembering Sophia Hayden, architect of the Woman’s Building
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Remembering Sophia Hayden, architect of the Woman’s Building

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Remembering Sophia Hayden, architect of the Woman’s Building

Today marks the anniversary of the birth of Sophia Gregoria Hayden on October 17, 1868, in Santiago, Chile. The first female graduate of the four-year program in architecture at MIT, Hayden won the national competition to design the Woman’s Building for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. In her essay on the Woman’s Pavilion, Anna Burrows observes that “due to its limited dimensions, Sophia Hayden deemed it more effective to concentrate attention on the outside details. For these reasons, the [...]

By Scott|2018-10-14T17:19:01-05:00October 17th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Sophia Hayden, Woman's Building|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Entrance to Woman’s Building (p. 65)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Entrance to Woman’s Building (p. 65)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – Entrance to Woman’s Building (p. 65)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 65 – ENTRANCE TO WOMAN'S BUILDING ENTRANCE TO WOMAN'S BUILDING.—The view given in the accompanying illustration is of the east portal to the transept of the Woman's Building, and it may be said of it, as might be said of other portion of the edifice, that it appeared best upon a close inspection. The building, accidentally, no doubt, but none the less certainly, had a feminine character, lacking boldness [...]

By Randy|2024-11-12T12:52:00-06:00September 28th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Alice Rideout, Bertha Palmer, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Sophia Hayden, Woman's Building|0 Comments

Icons of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition notecards
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Icons of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition notecards

PRODUCTS, VISUAL ARTS

Icons of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition notecards

The Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) in Chicago held their “Revel in the White City” virtual simulation at the museum on May 19 and May 20 to a packed auditorium. It was spectacular. Making the event even more festive were a set of posters designed by Chicago artist David Lee Csicsko, titled “Icons of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.” Greeting cards of the set of eight images were available for sale at the museum. Csicsko is an acclaimed [...]

By Scott|2022-03-05T10:20:57-06:00May 20th, 2018|Categories: PRODUCTS, VISUAL ARTS|Tags: Charles Atwood, Daniel Burnham, David Lee Csicsko, Frank Lloyd Wright, Frederick Law Olmsted, Louis Sullivan, Museum of Science and Industry, Palace of Fine Arts, Sophia Hayden, Statue of the Republic|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS (p. 27)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS (p. 27)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS (p. 27)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 27 THE WOMAN'S BUILDING.—In no Exposition previous to that of 1893 was there a great building designed by women and devoted especially to a display of women's work. That the Columbian Exposition should have such a structure was a natural outcome of the movement which made a Board of Lady Managers with a voice in the control of certain branches of exhibition. The Woman's Building occupied an exceptionally fine [...]

By Randy|2018-03-11T14:37:56-05:00January 29th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Sophia Hayden, Woman's Building|0 Comments

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

EVENTS (past), THEATER

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