From Chicago, I have heard about this before, but I don’t remember how brilliant it was. It’s heartbreaking to see this Magnificent White City fall into ruins…. If only…..
I'm 63 and have lived in the area my whole life but never knew this story. I was aware the Museum of Science and Industry was a world's fair relic, but that's about it.
Being from Chicagoland I always felt The White City should have been rebuilt as a model scale and housed in the Museum of Science & Industry since that building was part of the fair. Also a smaller replica of the Statue of The Republic still stands in Jackson Park.
Imagine if all our exhibitions were built to last, Chicago, StLouis, Buffalo, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Treasure Island, etc... our cities would be spectacular!
It's a shame they didn't replace the temporary structures with permanent ones. They did it in NYC with the Triumphal Arch in Washington Square, and in San Francisco with the Palace of Fine Arts. Both structures began as temporary set pieces and were so beloved, they were recreated in stone.
@ after the buildings were destroyed, they could’ve rebuilt them out of stone. They didn’t need to reuse any of the old materials from the original buildings.
I am a native of Chicago. As a child my uncle would always drive through Jackson Park so I could see the "gold" statute. At the time I didn't know the story of where it came from. Later, when I learned it was a smaller replica of the original at the Fair, I loved it even more. As a young adult, when I took the train to work in downtown Chicago from the south side, I learned that what I was seeing out the window at the Hyde Park stop was the spot where all the attractions were outside of the fair. It was like looking back in time to see that empty stretch of land where so much had happened.
I love these detailed looks back in time to amazing structures long gone. What now stands on the site of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair? It would be fascinating to try to match old and new vistas from the same viewpoints, as far as possible.
I had heard of the tales and I have some world, fair posters, replicas of them and they’re beautiful. I have always been drawn to the Chicago architecture and its beautiful and magnificent skyline next to the lake. It is truly sad that the world‘s fear could not survive, but it is understandable, but we have some beautiful things in our city to look at and be amazed at. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Well, I am not from Chicago, I have lived here for many years and have come to love the city. This was a great documentary, which gave me an even greater appreciation of the place I call home.
Fantastic documentary my favorite piece of history from Chicago . ❤ I’ve been living in Chicagoland my whole life if you wanna see a miniature of the white city go to the Chicago history Museum and you’ll see one there . Also, if you look around the city of Chicago, there’s a bunch of reused pieces from the fair itself let it be light post, fences, bridges, etc. they’re still there
Who knew that a Marlon Brando / "Godfather" lookalike was an enemy of the fair? A slighty overwrought, stentorian but historically accurate account of the fair, with some contemporary footage of Chicago's Streeterville and The Chicago River.
Loved this video. I have a small book detailing The White City. What a marvel it must have been for the visitors! Chicago’s notorious serial killer, H. H. Holmes, was prolific during this period. He built his “murder castle” not far from the fair location. It’s an interesting, albeit horrific, story. I don’t know that there’s enough visual material to do a video on it, but interesting nonetheless. Thanks for your hard work on this. Well done!
Still hard to believe all this was built in three years at that time. Anyone have an alternate explanation? Interesting that N. Tesla built the power generators. Covering his contributions would have been interesting.
It was so beautiful,.. perhaps with 3d printing and robotics they could reconstruct it in less flammable , more durable material for not too much money?
I always think of the Carl Sandberg poem whenever I see something about Chicago. Chicago BY CARL SANDBURG Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler; Stormy, husky, brawling, City of the Big Shoulders: They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys. And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again. And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger. And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them: Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning. Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities; Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness, Bareheaded, Shoveling, Wrecking, Planning, Building, breaking, rebuilding, Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth, Under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young man laughs, Laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has never lost a battle, Bragging and laughing that under his wrist is the pulse, and under his ribs the heart of the people, Laughing! Laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of Youth, half-naked, sweating, proud to be Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation.
And today it's the worst City for a trade show... you can't walk to anything but trouble around Mccormick place....... that's why Chicago has the Highest standards in construction. Best skilled labor in the country.
If I were a mad billionaire I would get out the blueprints and commission artisans from all over the country to come and re-create it. And spare no expense, just to leave it behind. For the city of my birth. Why? I say.... why not.
At least this was the deist explanation of why the white city was torn down. I hadn’t known that it was meant to be temporary. While the fair was going on a serial killer HH Holmes took advantage of the influx of people moving to Chicago in anticipation for the fair. It’s detailed jn Devil in the White City. Great book. And I’ve always loved visiting the museums as a kid.
Sad to say, 'tis true. Everybody knows that the arrival and implantation of European civilization with Columbus, et al., put a cruel, violent end to the timeless North American Eden that had prevailed for millennia.
You cannot judge the past by viewing it through the lens of what some would assert are current values. The Columbian Exposition was a magnificent achievement. It was an illustration of the heights that man can achieve. Unfortunately at the same time, as laid out in the book, The Devil and the White City, by Erik Larson, evil used this magnificence for its own ends. The serial killer HH Holmes took advantage of the fairs draw as a way of procuring victims. His story illustrated the depths of depravity that the human psyche could reach.
THERE IS ONE PROBLEM! MY FATHER BORN IN 1919 AND HIS FATHER BORN IN THE 1800s MY MOTHER AND HER FATHER AND HIS FATHER BEFORE HIM, THEY ARE BURIED IN GRACELAND MY FATHER AND HIS FATHER BURIED IN ACACIA "MASONS ONLY" BUILT MASSIVE SECTIONS OF THIS CITY AND TOLD A MUCH DIFFERENT STORY! MANY OF THESE BUILDINGS THAT WERE HERE "WERE NOT BUILT BY ANYONE OF THIS CITY OR THIS NOW REPUBLIC BUT BY PEOPLE WHO WERE WIPED OUT WORLD WIDE! WE HAVE ALL BEEN LIED TO ABOUT ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING AND YOU ARE JUST ANOTHER PAWN! SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO STILL KNOW THE TRUTH!
Are you a native of Chicago, or the broader Midwest, and had you heard this iconic tale before?
Not only born raised Chicago, spent 12 years as a tour guide of my beloved hometown.
From Chicago, I have heard about this before, but I don’t remember how brilliant it was. It’s heartbreaking to see this Magnificent White City fall into ruins…. If only…..
young chicago native. hearing this story a few years ago was the first thing that made me apathetic to our current state affairs.
I'm 63 and have lived in the area my whole life but never knew this story. I was aware the Museum of Science and Industry was a world's fair relic, but that's about it.
@@bungalowlogic7676 Would you happen to know where I could find old blueprints and photo archives, if I wanted to make a model?
Being from Chicagoland I always felt The White City should have been rebuilt as a model scale and housed in the Museum of Science & Industry since that building was part of the fair. Also a smaller replica of the Statue of The Republic still stands in Jackson Park.
It would be awesome as a VR tour!
Imagine if all our exhibitions were built to last, Chicago, StLouis, Buffalo, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Treasure Island, etc... our cities would be spectacular!
Bring back Beautiful architecture! This is what our cities SHOULD look like.
Great documentary! There is a certain mystery and wistfulness around the fact that it was never built to last... It was so magnificent!
So pleased you found this worthwhile!
It's a shame they didn't replace the temporary structures with permanent ones. They did it in NYC with the Triumphal Arch in Washington Square, and in San Francisco with the Palace of Fine Arts. Both structures began as temporary set pieces and were so beloved, they were recreated in stone.
They really should’ve rebuilt it after it got burned down….
You seem to have missed temporary plaster!!
@ after the buildings were destroyed, they could’ve rebuilt them out of stone. They didn’t need to reuse any of the old materials from the original buildings.
Aliens build them
@@dose1208 sure they did 😂
Oh please!
While I didn't know it at the time, my high school football team used to practice on a field where the electricity building once stood.
I am a native of Chicago. As a child my uncle would always drive through Jackson Park so I could see the "gold" statute. At the time I didn't know the story of where it came from. Later, when I learned it was a smaller replica of the original at the Fair, I loved it even more. As a young adult, when I took the train to work in downtown Chicago from the south side, I learned that what I was seeing out the window at the Hyde Park stop was the spot where all the attractions were outside of the fair. It was like looking back in time to see that empty stretch of land where so much had happened.
I love these detailed looks back in time to amazing structures long gone. What now stands on the site of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair? It would be fascinating to try to match old and new vistas from the same viewpoints, as far as possible.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Park_(Chicago)?wprov=sfti1
@@oldmoneymansions Many thanks!
i can only imagine the wonderful time of walking through the fair & buying a thick ham sandwich & large beer for 15-cents
Born and raised on the Northside in the mid 1940s, I have bever heard his story. Thanks for telling it.
I had heard of the tales and I have some world, fair posters, replicas of them and they’re beautiful. I have always been drawn to the Chicago architecture and its beautiful and magnificent skyline next to the lake. It is truly sad that the world‘s fear could not survive, but it is understandable, but we have some beautiful things in our city to look at and be amazed at. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
They “meticulously documented” this impossible feat with drawings and paintings.
LOLOLOL
It is sad that this marvel was transient. How interesting it would be to see it today.
Well, I am not from Chicago, I have lived here for many years and have come to love the city. This was a great documentary, which gave me an even greater appreciation of the place I call home.
Only Chicago destroys Chicago
democrat commie cultural marxist fascist nazi socialist progressivist islamonazi racist mafia has bankrupted and destroys chiwrongo.
@@rudydevich9046Stop trying so hard to
Holy cow.... Otis Elevators go back THAT far??? 😲
The only way a skyscraper would be feasable
Because it was made of sawdust and plaster mixed with horse hair. It was a temporary structure.
Fantastic documentary my favorite piece of history from Chicago . ❤ I’ve been living in Chicagoland my whole life if you wanna see a miniature of the white city go to the Chicago history Museum and you’ll see one there . Also, if you look around the city of Chicago, there’s a bunch of reused pieces from the fair itself let it be light post, fences, bridges, etc. they’re still there
Thankfully we still have the Museum of Science and Industry.
If there was time travel this is where I would go……
This is a fascinating story. I knew about the fair but not about it's destruction.
Who knew that a Marlon Brando / "Godfather" lookalike was an enemy of the fair? A slighty overwrought, stentorian but historically accurate account of the fair, with some contemporary footage of Chicago's Streeterville and The Chicago River.
Loved this video. I have a small book detailing The White City. What a marvel it must have been for the visitors! Chicago’s notorious serial killer, H. H. Holmes, was prolific during this period. He built his “murder castle” not far from the fair location. It’s an interesting, albeit horrific, story. I don’t know that there’s enough visual material to do a video on it, but interesting nonetheless. Thanks for your hard work on this. Well done!
Thanks! Yes Erik Larson’s book is fantastic!
I've lived here my whole life and had never heard this story.
This is probably THE best documentary I have seen on TH-cam keep up the good works
Quite kind of you to say, Jeff
Still hard to believe all this was built in three years at that time. Anyone have an alternate explanation? Interesting that N. Tesla built the power generators. Covering his contributions would have been interesting.
Love D. Burnham, what avisionary!
It was so beautiful,.. perhaps with 3d printing and robotics they could reconstruct it in less flammable , more durable material for not too much money?
i cant believe that it was all temporary and that its all gone.. it should have all been permanent..
Something similar was done in Omaha. Maybe present the Omaha fair also?
I always think of the Carl Sandberg poem whenever I see something about Chicago.
Chicago
BY CARL SANDBURG
Hog Butcher for the World,
Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,
Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler;
Stormy, husky, brawling,
City of the Big Shoulders:
They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys.
And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again.
And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger.
And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them:
Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.
Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities;
Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness,
Bareheaded,
Shoveling,
Wrecking,
Planning,
Building, breaking, rebuilding,
Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth,
Under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young man laughs,
Laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has never lost a battle,
Bragging and laughing that under his wrist is the pulse, and under his ribs the heart of the people,
Laughing!
Laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of Youth, half-naked, sweating, proud to be Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation.
😂😂😂😂 you believe this? Indoctrinated fools. Totally utterly ludicrous and impossible.
And today it's the worst City for a trade show... you can't walk to anything but trouble around Mccormick place....... that's why Chicago has the Highest standards in construction. Best skilled labor in the country.
I've got a feeling that the columns on Soldier Field were a homage to the White City structures.
How was the construction funded, and total cost in today's money? I bet Las Vegas cost more
If I were a mad billionaire I would get out the blueprints and commission artisans from all over the country to come and re-create it. And spare no expense, just to leave it behind. For the city of my birth. Why? I say.... why not.
At least this was the deist explanation of why the white city was torn down. I hadn’t known that it was meant to be temporary. While the fair was going on a serial killer HH Holmes took advantage of the influx of people moving to Chicago in anticipation for the fair. It’s detailed jn Devil in the White City. Great book. And I’ve always loved visiting the museums as a kid.
So did Saint Louis.
18 minutes of BS. THANX
It was built of paper machete!
Ich habe Furz und Durchfall! 😂
Such grandeur to celebrate the 400th anniversary of a politically incorrect event.
😂
Right? Whatever
Clearly, the arrival and implantation of European civilization destroyed the Eden that prevailed in North America prior to Columbus ...
Sad to say, 'tis true. Everybody knows that the arrival and implantation of European civilization with Columbus, et al., put a cruel, violent end to the timeless North American Eden that had prevailed for millennia.
You cannot judge the past by viewing it through the lens of what some would assert are current values. The Columbian Exposition was a magnificent achievement. It was an illustration of the heights that man can achieve. Unfortunately at the same time, as laid out in the book, The Devil and the White City, by Erik Larson, evil used this magnificence for its own ends. The serial killer HH Holmes took advantage of the fairs draw as a way of procuring victims. His story illustrated the depths of depravity that the human psyche could reach.
THERE IS ONE PROBLEM!
MY FATHER BORN IN 1919 AND HIS FATHER BORN IN THE 1800s
MY MOTHER AND HER FATHER AND HIS FATHER BEFORE HIM, THEY ARE BURIED IN GRACELAND
MY FATHER AND HIS FATHER BURIED IN ACACIA "MASONS ONLY" BUILT MASSIVE SECTIONS OF THIS CITY AND TOLD A MUCH DIFFERENT STORY!
MANY OF THESE BUILDINGS THAT WERE HERE "WERE NOT BUILT BY ANYONE OF THIS CITY OR THIS NOW REPUBLIC BUT BY PEOPLE WHO WERE WIPED OUT WORLD WIDE!
WE HAVE ALL BEEN LIED TO ABOUT ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING AND YOU ARE JUST ANOTHER PAWN!
SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO STILL KNOW THE TRUTH!