The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 (The Urban Simulati

The World's Columbian Exposition was a seminal event in American history. The team's reconstruction model allows users to recreate the experience of walking through the classical Court of Honor and touring the fairgrounds from an electric launch. The Urban Simulation Team at UCLA is a research group exploring applications for real-time visual simulation in architectural design, urban planning, emergency response, and education.

Visit the team's website at www.ust.ucla.edu.

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[jamie201120]

@bseiden16 i thought jackson park had alot of water around it but it looks like there are buiklding now sitting were water was some of these places do look different

[IvanChristian45]

I hope Chicago would rebuild the white city with stronger materials.

[bseiden16]

The Museum of Science and Industry is one of the only buildings still standing. I believe its on 59th Street. Last week, I was driving on 67th street east the lake shore drive. 67th street was the southern boundry of the fair. The area that this beautiful fair took place is very different today in 2011.

[snakebandit]

It's almost like a lost Greek city. Would have been AMAZING if the could have kept it.

[nellis003]

@Kimbereli09 That would have been great, but unfortunately the buildings were meant to be temporary. They were built on the cheap so that they could be erected quickly and taken down quickly as well.

The Field Museum, which you see at the end of the clip, is one of the only remaining structures from the Exposition, and I believe it took quite a bit of effort to keep it in place for the long run.

[Kimbereli09]

Does anyone else really really wish that they would have found a way to preserve these buildings? Imagine how much more beautiful our city would be.

[notBMW18]

Did I see this in a presentation at the Science & Industry Museum a while back??

[rosewadein10]

it would be nice if someone could be talking like a tour guide so we can know what we are looking at, still very cool though

[strollosweets18]

it was in jackson park on the shore of chicago, next to englewood. when it was built, i had to be done extremely quickly so they used cheap and temporary materials (like plaster) that they could quickly erect so they could take everything down after the fair was finished

[johntel16]

I wanna know where this was in the city and why it's not there anymore!?