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 out New York, St. Louis and Washington, D.C. for ...

CHICAGO — If you’ve ever wanted to travel ... Finney used his engineering experience to get the World’s Fair into an emerging new medium — augmented reality. The medium first really ...

“The buildings were mostly built in Egypt and shipped to Chicago, allowing fairgoers ... giant moveable wheel that debuted at the 1893 World’s Fair; and the Hööden Palace (Mancino Sakura ...

Built in less than six months, his wheel opened to the public in June 1893. The steel structure ... said it came to a halt soon after the Chicago World's Fair ended, when it was demolished.

The Journal of Land & Public Utility Economics Vol. 4, No. 4, Nov., 1928 Real Estate Activity in Chicago Accompan... Real Estate Activity in Chicago Accompanying the World's Fair of 1893 This is the ...