it was in jackson park on the shore of chicago, next to englewood. when it was built, i had to be done extremely quickly so they used cheap and temporary materials (like plaster) that they could quickly erect so they could take everything down after the fair was finished
The Museum of Science and Industry is one of the only buildings still standing. I believe its on 59th Street. Last week, I was driving on 67th street east the lake shore drive. 67th street was the southern boundry of the fair. The area that this beautiful fair took place is very different today in 2011.
@Kimbereli09 That would have been great, but unfortunately the buildings were meant to be temporary. They were built on the cheap so that they could be erected quickly and taken down quickly as well. The Field Museum, which you see at the end of the clip, is one of the only remaining structures from the Exposition, and I believe it took quite a bit of effort to keep it in place for the long run.
The modern-day park is nice but the architecture from the 1893 exposition would probably be considered a modern wonder if it were still standing (it isn't it large part because it was designed to be temporary).
It was in Jackson Park and along the Midway (a park between 59th and 60th streets); the exposition sites were thus in the Hyde Park neighborhood. Most of those elaborate buildings were meant to be temporary and were only lightly built. The one survivor is the stone-built building now the Museum of Science and Industry.
Does anyone else really really wish that they would have found a way to preserve these buildings? Imagine how much more beautiful our city would be.
it was in jackson park on the shore of chicago, next to englewood. when it was built, i had to be done extremely quickly so they used cheap and temporary materials (like plaster) that they could quickly erect so they could take everything down after the fair was finished
The Museum of Science and Industry is one of the only buildings still standing. I believe its on 59th Street. Last week, I was driving on 67th street east the lake shore drive. 67th street was the southern boundry of the fair. The area that this beautiful fair took place is very different today in 2011.
It's almost like a lost Greek city. Would have been AMAZING if the could have kept it.
@Kimbereli09 That would have been great, but unfortunately the buildings were meant to be temporary. They were built on the cheap so that they could be erected quickly and taken down quickly as well.
The Field Museum, which you see at the end of the clip, is one of the only remaining structures from the Exposition, and I believe it took quite a bit of effort to keep it in place for the long run.
Indeed. It was completely rebuilt and clad in sandstone prior to the 1933 Expo.
The modern-day park is nice but the architecture from the 1893 exposition would probably be considered a modern wonder if it were still standing (it isn't it large part because it was designed to be temporary).
Is there an updated graphics version of this? It is very big.
Some ragtime music to accompany the video would have been nice. Seems a bit dark to me.
Did I see this in a presentation at the Science & Industry Museum a while back??
I wanna know where this was in the city and why it's not there anymore!?
It was in Jackson Park and along the Midway (a park between 59th and 60th streets); the exposition sites were thus in the Hyde Park neighborhood. Most of those elaborate buildings were meant to be temporary and were only lightly built. The one survivor is the stone-built building now the Museum of Science and Industry.
@@viewfromthehillswift6979 Excellent answer.