America hosted the World's Fair of 1893 as a celebration ... The World's Columbian Exposition established a Neo-Classical revival in Chicago and across America. Although the Court of Honor ...

With cement consumption at a decade low, it’s time to ask hard questions about housing, development and the Chicago area's ...

Join Chicago architect Daniel Burnham, director of works for the 1893 Columbian Exposition, for a relaxing day at the fair with the Glen Ellyn Historical Society.

As plans for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago took shape ... Launched on June 21, 1893, it was a glorious success. Over the next 19 weeks, more than 1.4 million people paid 50 ...

On the evening of July 12, 1893, in the hall of a massive ... which had tormented the throngs visiting the nearby Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition, a carnival of never-before-seen wonders ...

Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago's South Side, the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Limited hours apply for select dates, so be sure to ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --The words of a landmark speech about tolerance delivered on Sept. 11, more than 100 years before the infamous terror attacks in 2001, are the focus of ...

son of Swedish immigrants, moved here from Dixon, Illinois, just as people from around the globe arrived for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition ... 1919 race riots in Chicago.

America hosted the World's Fair of 1893 as a celebration ... The World's Columbian Exposition established a Neo-Classical revival in Chicago and across America. Although the Court of Honor ...