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Wooded Island Well Suited for Climate Change
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Wooded Island Well Suited for Climate Change

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Wooded Island Well Suited for Climate Change

It is not easy to find good news in reports about climate change. A news story in the August 17, 2018, Chicago Tribune offered one small encouraging note in an otherwise distressing description of the impacts of climate change on the Chicago region. “The birches in the corner of your kid’s favorite park, the towering spruce in your suburban backyard, that graceful linden on your block — all are likely to disappear from Chicago’s landscape over the next few decades,” [...]

By Scott|2022-04-29T18:39:04-05:00August 21st, 2018|Categories: NEWS|Tags: Jackson Park, Wooded Island|0 Comments

A Night at the Exposition on the Fourth of July, 1893
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A Night at the Exposition on the Fourth of July, 1893

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A Night at the Exposition on the Fourth of July, 1893

“Combine all the adjectives in the English language that express beauty, loveliness, grace and perfection, even then you will fail to describe a gala night at the Exposition.” -- World’s Columbian Exposition Illustrated January 1894. July 4, 1893, was a special day at the World’s Columbian Exposition, designated as "United States Day." Attendance swelled to enormous 283,273 paid visitors, making this the largest attendance of any day so far—even greater than on Opening Day—and perhaps the largest festival attendance [...]

By Scott|2023-12-08T09:12:00-06:00July 4th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: “The Vanishing City”, Administration Building, Court of Honor, electric launches, fireworks, gondolas, Independence Day, July 4, Machinery Hall, Richard Watson Gilder, search lights, Wooded Island|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Horticulture Building (p. 50)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Horticulture Building (p. 50)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR – The Horticulture Building (p. 50)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 50 – THE HORTICULTURE BUILDING THE HORTICULTURE BUILDING.—It is doubtful if among all the views taken upon the World's Fair grounds one has been secured which in beauty and general interest surpasses that given here. It is from the top of the Government Building looking west over the Wooded Island and commanding the whole splendid frontage of the Horticulture Building, a view which, from the nature of things, could [...]

By Randy|2021-05-05T14:20:54-05:00May 17th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Choral Hall, Horticultural Building, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, William Le Baron Jenney, Wooded Island|0 Comments

Opening Day, Part 12: Tour of the Fairgrounds
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Opening Day, Part 12: Tour of the Fairgrounds

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Opening Day, Part 12: Tour of the Fairgrounds

Tour of the Fairgrounds This is Part 12 of our series “Opening Day of the World’s Fair,” which explores the events of May 1, 1893, at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The full series can be found here. After the “Banquet of Nations” luncheon, President Cleveland and his entourage embarked on a whirlwind tour of the Columbian Exposition grounds and buildings. They departed from the north entrance of the Administration Building where carriages were waiting. “President Cleveland [...]

What’s Left of the World’s Columbian Exposition?
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What’s Left of the World’s Columbian Exposition?

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What’s Left of the World’s Columbian Exposition?

“On its 125th birthday, what’s left from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition?” asked the Chicago Sun-Times this week. They note four remnants: the Palace of Fine Arts (rebuilt and now the Museum of Science and Industry); the Wooded Island; an original ticket booth now standing in Oak Park; and the 1918 “Golden Lady” statue, which is a reduced replica of the original 65-foot “Big Mary” Statue of the Republic. Their map of Jackson Park, allowing you to slide between 1893 and [...]

By Scott|2020-06-21T13:34:18-05:00April 28th, 2018|Categories: NEWS|Tags: Jackson Park, Maine State Building, Museum of Science and Industry, Pabst Pavilion, Palace of Fine Arts, Statue of the Republic, Viking Ship, Wooded Island|5 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS (p. 21)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS (p. 21)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS (p. 21)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 21 BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE WOODED ISLAND.—It was soon discovered after the World's Fair had become a reality, that, from various points of vantage, views could be secured of a scope and beauty unsought and unexpected by the architect or landscape gardener. From the tops of certain buildings there opened vistas such as could have only been imagined by the poet or the painter. The illustration given above [...]

By Randy|2018-03-11T14:39:04-05:00January 11th, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: columbian exposition, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Transportation Building, U.S. Government Building, Wooded Island|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS (pp. 7-8)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS (pp. 7-8)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS (pp. 7-8)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 7 THE RUINS OF YUCATAN - To the mind of the student of the world's history or that of any one of ordinary learning and imagination, there was no more interesting exhibit in its department of the Exposition than were the ruins from the ancient cities of Yucatan. ' They told of a civilized race existing on this continent, and building palaces and temples of an elaborate order of [...]

By Randy|2017-12-17T11:19:22-06:00December 11th, 2017|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: Administration Building, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Ruins of Yucatan, Wooded Island|0 Comments