2016 Olympics

As Chicago prepares in its bid to host the 2016 Olympics I am struck by the similarity in which this planning committee found and is preparing a site on which to hold the event. The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was located in Jackson Park on the Midway Plaisance. People familiar with Chicago will know that this is where the Museum of Science and Industry now resides. This building and one other are the only two of over 200 buildings that survived the wrecking ball from that 1893 event. The proposed site of the 2016 Olympics is Washington Park. The fact that Chicago has so much free and open land from which to choose a venue to host world-wide events, is one of the things that makes the city so amazing.