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Maroon photographer Graham Hansen takes a walk around Hyde Park, cataloging the sculptures that call the neighborhood home.
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 ...
The historic buildings and land that the January fires spared and destroyed. The Southern California properties come with ...
In the April editorial, the guest editor of Domus, traces the history of a material that is just about everywhere, from the ...
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 ...
who oversaw the construction of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, and con artist H. H. Holmes, who claimed he murdered 27 victims in the area around the time of the expo. It's not yet clear whether ...
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 ...
Join Chicago architect Daniel Burnham, director of works for the 1893 Columbian Exposition, for a relaxing day at the fair with the Glen Ellyn Historical Society. Experience the grandeur of the ...