In late 1890, Daniel Burnham, the eminent architect charged with turning a boggy square mile of Chicago into a world-dazzling showpiece ... the steel used by the fair, was struck by a brainstorm ...

On the evening of July 12, 1893, in the hall of a massive new Beaux ... which had tormented the throngs visiting the nearby Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition, a carnival of never-before ...

Shagden approached a group of businessmen to organize the 1939-40 World ... The fair was designed with civic improvement in mind. The site was laid out with Beaux Arts radiating pathways inspired by ...

Chicago’s EXPO draws curators and gallerists from around the world and is unfolding amid a crackdown on immigration and ...

A new book, The Wrigley Building: The Making of an Icon, explores the untold story behind one of Chicago's most famous ...

World Business Chicago proudly welcomes Maria Bocanegra, President of Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas, to its Board of Directors. Maria joins leaders from Chicago’s top companies to help drive ...

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