In 1893 "The World's Columbian Exposition" opened in Chicago to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America by Columbus in 1493. The exposition ran for six months and attracted 27,539,000 visitors [almost half of the total number of people then living in the United States].
Chicago won the honor to celebrate this event over cities like New York, Washington D.C & St. Louis … More than 150 new buildings were made, in the classical Romanesque, Greek & renaissance architecture style … It earned the city a new nickname: “White City”; as most buildings had facade made of mixture of plaster & hemp called : “Staff” which was white in color.
A very interesting read ... "The World's Columbian Exposition", click here.
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