Donation Options Search Search Search James Foster / For the Sun-Times Share The 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition — the World’s Fair that gave Chicago ... designed this island in the ...

America hosted the World's Fair of 1893 as a celebration of Columbus' voyage to the continent four hundred (and one) years earlier. Chicago beat ... would contrast with islands and raised terraces ...

(FORTUNE Small Business) – Entrepreneurial adrenaline ran high and hard at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Meant to be a ... starting with New York City's Coney Island in 1901.

He said less snow farther north could leave fewer birds wintering in Chicago. Wooded ... to the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. The Japanese Garden, also part of the island, was not touched ...

With thousands converging on Grant Park for the Taste of Chicago, the time is right to recall the World ... at the fair. The majority of the lagoons are Olmsted’s work” Wooded Island Rising ...

She did her dissertation on the topic at the University of Chicago. JOHNSON: It turns out that some of the first recordings of world music were made at the 1893 fair. Benjamin Ives Gilman came ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — If you’ve ever wanted to ...

In November of 1890, a group of women called the Board of Lady Managers gathered in Chicago, a city that had been chosen as the site for the World’s Fair of 1893. The fairgrounds, an area of ...

America hosted the World's Fair of 1893 as a celebration of Columbus' voyage to the continent four hundred (and one) years earlier. Chicago beat ... would contrast with islands and raised terraces ...