Recreating World's Columbian Exposition?

Posted by: Erin Clark
Thanks to: Erin Clark

28 April 2004 - 5:00am

"If Las Vegas can re-create big chunks of Paris, Venice and ancient Egypt as casinos, why can't Chicago re-create the White City?"

While touring the site of the 1893 world's fair in Chicago, and discussing the legacy of Daniel Burnham's historic complex a writer and a historian contemplate an interesting idea--bring back the glory of the White City as a grand entertainment complex.

Full Story: Could fair's White City rise again?

Source: Chicago Sun-Times, April 26, 2004

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Almost 2,000 big plots of land in high-visibility parts of American communities will be empty and available for reuse. So what should cities do with these soon-to-be-empty spaces?

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Read the full article, written by Nate Berg & Tim Halbur.