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Wooded Island Island

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1891/00/00 Elias Disney Carpenter Ellis Disney earns $1.00 per day as carpenter constructing Columbian Exposition buildings. World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
1892/00/00 Francis Davis Millet Decorations Director Francis Millet becomes Director of Decoration of the Columbian Exposition. Millet will develop spray paint to paint the buildings quickly. World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
1892/10/12 Henry Sargent Codman Landscape Architect World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago is dedicated, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Columbus arriving in the New World. Due to construction delays, the Chicago World's Fair will not not open until May, 1893. World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
1892/10/12 Frederick Law Olmsted Sr Landscape Architect World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago is dedicated, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Columbus arriving in the New World. Due to construction delays, the Chicago World's Fair will not not open until May, 1893. World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
1893/00/00 Westinghouse Electric Company Electrical Engineer George Westinghouse wins the contract to power the World's Fair, beating out General Electric's bid by one million dollars. They will illuminate the White City with a quarter million lights and demonstrate alternating current generation and distribution. World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
1893/04/00 Warren Henry Manning Horticulturalist Warren H Manning supervises the final planting scheme and installation of the horticultural displays at the Chicago Columbian Exposition. World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
1895/00/00 Olmsted, Olmsted and Eliot Landscape Architect Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot redesign Jackson Park.
2013/00/00 In honor of the 120th anniversary of the Columbian Expo and the friendship with Japan, Chicago Park District begins planting 150 cherry blossoms near the Columbian Basin, east side of Cornell Ave, behind the Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park.

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Chicago Lakefront Trail
Museum of Science and Industry

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Particulars for Jackson Urban Park, Chicago:
Area of Significance Community Planning and Development
Area of Significance Entertainment - Recreation
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Historic Use Outdoor recreation
Historic Use Park
Tree Sakura Cherry Blossom
Open space Type Urban Park




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