By Bill Coffin, Class of 2004
This is the story of the architecture of Chicago’s 1933-34 World’s Fair told in pictures. You can view the pictures as a simple slideshow, but it’s better to download the slideshow as a PowerPoint presentation. The link provided at the end of this paragraph takes you to CAC’s Box page. There, click “Download” in the upper right corner (and ignore any invitation to create your own Box account). Open the downloaded PowerPoint file; click “Slide Show” and “From Beginning” in the upper left corner; and then enjoy the show! To get started, CLICK HERE.
What a fabulous slide show! Thank you, Bill.
Pris
Great presentation. Highlights for me were: incredible colors and crisp photos of work by sculptors like Stores, Meier, Ianelli, etc. Many thanks. Susan R
Thanks for a great review and slideshow. My uncle attended the fair often, using money earned from lawn mowing. He decided to become an architect because of the buildings. He began at Armour Institute the same year Mies came, and had to learn a very different style. His career was with SOM in the Bay Area, designing midcentury modern skyscrapers.
Terrific, Bill. Thanks, Rebecca
Wonderful Thank you!
I had no idea that color played such a dominant role in the Fair. An interesting leap from WCE.
So many images were new to me. Thank you for your deep research and engaging story.