World's Fair

These two lectures were jam packed with information and examples so it was important to find what was most interesting to me and what stuck out. In the first World's Fair lecture, I found  most interesting the conversation about Hyde Park. It most caught my attention when he spoke on leaving the trees in place so that when the building was taken down, the trees were still around: they kept the originality. Paxton's big space he created shows just how big the World Fair was. It needed horses to help put up the structural pieces! My main reaction to these fairs is the amount of change and influence that went into the celebration of the fairs.
Throughout the history of fairs, there is a constant change of innovations. materials used, and the influence it is based on. The ideas, such as the monorail, cast iron and glass, and the Eiffel Tower show the fun changes within the architectural design. It is also interesting to see the numerous fairs within the United States (most knowingly in Chicago and New York) and beyond the nation's borders and throughout the centuries. The changes are also seen throughout the architecture of state buildings, halls, and art pieces. Louisiana offers electricity in the buildings, new foods come up, politics are brought up and used as influence. These bright ideas and influences are expressed in the sale of souvenirs; these were often celebrating the World's Fairs. All these individual pieces came together to make the World's Fair something to enjoy and be involved in.