Friday, July 12, 2019

POSTCARD - CHICAGO - WHITE CITY AMUSEMENT PARK - ELECTRIC TOWER AND BAND STAND - FAKE NIGHT - 63RD STREET AND SOUTH PARK AVE - NOTE: THE NAME "WHITE CITY" WAS TAKEN FROM THE 1893 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR IN HYDE PARK - THE FAIR HAD THE WORLD'S FIRST FERRIS WHEEL AND OTHER AMUSEMENTS AND WAS VERY POPULAR - THE AMUSEMENT PARK HOPED TO GAIN FROM THE NAME - IT OPENED IN 1905 AND WAS POPULAR - IT STARTED HAVING TROUBLE IN THE 1930s AND WAS CONDEMNED IN 1939 - ITS PROPERTY BECAME THE SITE OF A HOUSING PROJECT IN THE 1950s - TINTED - 1916