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World's Columbian Exhibition | 1893. Chicago. Fairgrounds designed by Daniel Burnham. Incorporated principles of City Beautiful movements including bright white buildings. Fairgrounds called White City. |
Regional Plan for New York | 1929. Used "neighborhood unit concept" = constructed along a walkable scale, ped friendly. Neighborhood units contained about 6,000 people. |
New York World Fair | 1939. Emphasized automobile use and other modernist concepts as solutions to problems, such as the application of science. |
First skyscraper | First skyscraper built in Chicago in 1885. Made possible by the availability of steel in construction and safety elevators, first created by Elisha Otis. |
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