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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
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

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Particulars for Midway Plaisance Park, Chicago:
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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