Recreating World's Columbian Exposition?

"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?"

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April 28, 2004, 5:00 AM PDT

By Erin Clark

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.

Thanks to Erin Clark

Read the full story: Could fair's White City rise again?

Monday, April 26, 2004 in Chicago Sun-Times

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