Worlds Fair

The World's Fair Project: The Parks (PHOTOS)

Jade Doskow | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Buffalo, World's Fair, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Chicago, World's Exposition, Brussels-Belgium, Delaware Park, New York, Architecture, Landscapes, Slidefreestyle, Audobon Park, Exposure, Arts News
Jade Doskow

2012-05-18-worldsfairparks.jpgWorld's Fairs typically were used by the hosting city as a reason to develop an urban site that was previously unused. Some of these sites were marshes, forests, or simply sprawling fields. A lot of my photographs examine a return to nature as weeds and plants would overgrow the exposition pavilions; in many cases, there was no real concrete proof that this huge event ever took place, except for the magnificent park that was developed as a direct result.

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The World's Fair Project: An Introduction (PHOTOS)

Jade Doskow | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, 1974 World's Fair, Seattle-Washington, Architecture, Brussels-Belgium, Queens New York, 1958 World's Fair, Spokane-Washington, 1964-Worlds-Fair, World's Fair, Unisphere, Columbian Exposition, 1893 World's Fair, Slidefreestyle, Exposure, Arts News
Jade Doskow

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PHOTOS: Chicago's Most Haunted Places

The Huffington Post | Lizzie Schiffman | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Congress Plaza Hotel, h.h. Holmes, Inez Clarke, Devil in the White City, Great Chicago Fire, Chicago Ghosts, Haunted Places in Chicago, Haunted Chicago, Eastland Disaster, Ghosts, Death Alley, Murder Castle, Ft. Dearborn, World's Fair, Chicago News

Halloween is a time when even the most timid Chicagoans may go hunting for thrills and chills. While amusement parks and "haunted" houses may pop up i...

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The Space Needle: A Symbol Of Seattle's Prowess In Science And Technology 50 Years Later

Heidi Sinclair | Posted 10.27.2011

Read More: Seattle, World's Fair, Space Needle, Technology News
Heidi Sinclair

The Seattle World's Fair looked forward with an emphasis on science and space technology. The Space Needle, which turns 50 this year, continues as that enduring landmark on the Seattle skyline: a space ship hovering above the city, tethered ever so slightly.

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'World's Largest Stove' Replica Destroyed By Fire

Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: World's Largest Stove Destroyed, Midwest Summer Storms, Summer Storms, Michigan State Fair, Stove Capital of the World, Detroit, World's Largest Stove Detroit, World's Largest Stove, 1893 World's Fair, Detroit Michigan, World's Fair, Chicago News

A Saturday night fire on the Detroit grounds of the Michigan State Fair resulted in devastating damage to a large wooden replica of a stove originally...

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Chicago Hot Dog Companies In A Weenie War

Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Controversy, Hot Dogs, Vienna Beef, Scott D. Ladany, Encased Meat, Chicago, Chicago Food, Food, Red Hot Chicago, Meat, Chicago Dogs, World's Fair, Chicago News

A descendant of one of the founders of the popular Chicago hot dog maker Vienna Beef has landed in the legal hot seat as his former employer filed sui...

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WATCH: Take A Trip With Google To The First World's Fair

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 07.01.2011

Read More: Google First World's Fair, Google Logo, Video, Google World's Fair, First World's Fair, Google Doodle, World's Fair, Today's Google Doodle, Google Doodle May 1, Technology News

Google is going back in time--160 years back in time. Sunday's logo featured an illustrated recreation of the first World's Fair, held in 1851 at ...

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Vermeer's "Milkmaid" Coming To The Metropolitan Museum of Art

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vermeer New York, Rijksmuseum, World's Fair, New York, Vermeer Painting, Vermeer, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Milkmaid, Vermeer Milkmaid, Vermeer Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York News

NEW YORK — Johannes Vermeer's masterpiece "The Milkmaid" is coming to New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art for a special exhibition on the...

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Monday Music Quarterback

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guardian, Tori Amos, Conor Oberst, Tyrone Wells, Denison Witmer, Country Joe McDonald, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Comic-Con, Dan Fogler, , Henry Goodman, Sling Blade, Jonathan Groff, Rosa Agostino, Eric Rosse, Porno for Pyros, Matt Hires, John Mayer, Arcade Fire, Vienna Film Festival, Eugene Levy, One Tree Hill, Silver Mt. Zion, Martyn Lenoble, Screaming Trees, Sufjan Stevens, Gossip Girl, Queens of the Stone Age, Guy Picciotto, Elvis Costello, Mike Patton, Cowboy Junkies, Jem Cohen, Asthmatic Kitty Records, Battlestar Galactica, Modest Mouse, Rick Rubin, Dmetri Martin, Beth Ditto, Robert Moses, Brace Paine, P-Vine Records, Entertainment Weekly, Ry Cooder, Laurel Canyon, Marc Broussard, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Gossip, Supernatural, Vic Chestnutt, Townes Van Zandt, Emile Hirsch, Elephant Six, Robert Francis, Constellation Records, Farscape, Speed Racer, Michael Stipe, O.a.R., Danny Elfman, Jefferson Airplane, Arlo Guthrie, Elf Power, Myspace, Melanie, Richard Warren, Imelda Staunton, Steve Earle, Grateful Dead, The BQE, Stephen Halker, Jane's Addiction, Smashing Pumpkins, Dave Matthews Band, Widespread Panic, World's Fair, Paolo Nutini, Rosie Thomas, Osso Quartet, Janis Joplin, Ang Lee, Atlantic Records, Hannah Billie, Woodstock, Bill Frisell, The Hives, Mark Lanegan, Chinese Zodiac, Love, Richard Hawley, Empires of Tin, Spunk Records, Danielson Famile, Crosby Stills & Nash, Elliot Tiber, My Brightest Diamond, Npr, Liev Schrieber, Canned Heat, Iron Man II, Rough Trade Records, Howard Bilerman, Jason Pierce, Dennis Herring, The Doors, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Red Ghost, Richie Havens, Itunes, The Band, R.E.M., Taking Woodstock, The Observer, Bruce Springsteen, Clash, Mutemath, Fugazi, Lambchop, Sparklehorse, Spiritualized, Viewmaster, 92ytribecca, Japan, Athens-Georgia, Detroit-Michigan, Louisiana, Tampa-Florida, Seattle-Washington, Montreal-Canada, Canada, New York-New York, Los Angeles-California, Salt Lake City-Utah, United Kingdom, Australia, New Orleans-Louisiana, Oxford-Mississippi, San Francisco-California, Chicago-Illinois, Portland-Oregon, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

As you're recovering from the joyful overkill that was this year's Comic-Con, take a few moments to catch-up on a handful of the more interesting new press releases.

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