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Top 10 Top 10 Features of the 1893 Exposition

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  • 1. First ever Ferris Wheel
  • 2. Palace of Fine Arts
  • 3. Midway Plaisance, first separate amusement area at a world’s fair
  • 4. Jackson Park, landscaped by designer Frederick Law Olmsted
  • 5. Exotic Dancer “Little Egypt” in the “Streets of Cairo” exhibit
  • 6. Nickname “Windy City” introduced (see Weather)
  • 7. A 1,500 lb (680 kg) chocolate Venus de Milo
  • 8. A 70-ft- (21-m-) high tower of light bulbs
  • 9. Floodlights used on buildings for the first time
  • 10. 250,000 separate displays on show.
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