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Bookmark or Share- Flashback: White City, Chicago’s first amusement park, mixed family ...$1,000,000 AMUSEMENT PARK. TO BE ERECTED HERE. The South Side park was bounded by 63rd and 66th streets, Calumet Avenue and what is now Martin Luther King Drive. Its centerpiece was a 300-foot...
- White City of Tel-Aviv - UNESCO World Heritage CentreThe White City was constructed from the early 1930s until the 1950s, based on the urban plan by Sir Patrick Geddes, reflecting modern organic planning principles. The buildings were designed by architects who were trained in Europe where they practised their profession before immigrating.
- White City | Hidden LondonThe White City – in fact, the Great White City – was a 200-acre complex built beside Wood Lane with 25 palaces and halls, most covered in white stucco, a network of Venetian-style canals and a 150,000-capacity stadium.
- The World’s Columbian Exposition: The White City and fairgroundsThe White City If a visitor arrived at the Fair by rail, she would step off the platform looking east toward Lake Michigan, with the golden-domed Administration Building immediately in front of her. To her left, the soaring archways of the Mines and Electricity Buildings welcomed her inside, while a seemingly endless row of columns decorated ...
- White City | buildings, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesNicknamed the “White City,” the fair’s grand Neoclassical buildings were planned as a cohesive whole in a landscaped setting; they made a lasting impression on millions of visitors. Often noted as the inspiration for the City Beautiful movement, the fair proved to be a turning point both…
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