Midway Plaisance Park, Chicago
- Also Known As: Taft Midway
- Address: Midway Plaisance
- Vicinity: Btw E 59th St and E 60th St
- Neighborhood of Hyde Park, Chicago in Chicago
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1869/00/00 | Olmsted, Vaux and Company | Landscape Architects | Olmsted, Vaux and Co develop the initial plans for Chicagos South Park System, which includes Washington, Jackson and the Midway Plaisance. Their plan to create a chain of lakes from Washington Park to Jackson Park on Lake Michigan never materialized. | |||
1893/06/00 | Carl Heinrich Hagenbeck | Exhibitor | The Hagenbeck Wild Animal Show! operates on the western limit, near S Cottage Groove Ave, of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. | World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago | ||
1893/06/00 | Julian Hawthorne | Visitor | Workmen remove the falsework that supports his wheel. "It is impossible for the non-mechanical mind to understand how such a Brobdingnag continues to keep itself erect." - Julian Hawthorne | Chicago, grande roue (film) | World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago | |
1893/06/00 | Edgar Rice Burroughs | Life | During the Summer of 1893, Edgar Burroughs visits the Hagenbeck Wild Animal Show! on the western limit (near S Cottage Groove Ave) of the World's Fair. | World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago | ||
1893/06/21 | Bertha M Palmer | Dignitary | Mayor Harrison, Bertha Palmer and the entire Chicago city council, join George Ferris on the speaker's platform for the opening of the Ferris Wheel. | Chicago, grande roue (film) | World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago | |
1893/06/21 | George W Ferris | Engineer | The Ferris' Wheel opens to the public on the Midway Plaisance at the Columbian Expo. The ride makes two revolutions in 20 minutes, the first to allow passenger egress and a second nine-minute non-stop rotation. The ticket price is 50 cents ($15 in 2021). | Chicago, grande roue (film) | World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago |
Particulars for Midway Plaisance Park, Chicago: | |
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Area of Significance | Community Planning and Development |
Area of Significance | Entertainment - Recreation |
Criteria | Exemplar |
Area of Significance | Landscape Architecture |
Historic Use | Outdoor recreation |
Historic Use | Park |
Open space Type | Urban Park |
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