5Comments
- Some buildings were finished by the architect, described nicely.
- Post wanted to place a dome on top of the building that would make it the biggest in the world
- The architects saw themselves as artists, held many meetings together.
- Olmsted finally made the plan for transforming Jackson Park.
- Olmsted is 70 years old (wow!)
4Questions
- What was the budget for the complex/ nicely described structure?
- Why did Burnham want Adler & Sullivan to design the Music Hall for the fair?
- What did Mr. Gage mean when he said "you are dreaming, gentlemen, dreaming,"?
- Why is Olmsted still working ?
3Vocab
- Sallow: any of several Old World broad-leaved willows, including important sources of charcoal and tanbark
- Provenance: : the history of ownership of a valued object or work of art or literature
- Aura: : a distinctive atmosphere surrounding a given source
2Literary devices
- Irony?: St. Gauden - he's not religious but his name is Saint.
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1Summarizing Sentence
- This section is about structures that the architect [and his team] has created, the changes in position of jobs appointed by Burnham, and suggestions and ideas of the other artists/architects.