Over a period of just 60 years, the frontier land of sand dunes and swamp was re-imagined into a modern, cutting-edge metropolis. The area also became the center of the whole world for six months of 1893 during the World's Columbian Exposition. Krista August will explain how Chicago’s total transformation is considered in terms of the remarkable ideas that were realized. All this occurred in spite of obstacles and setbacks along the way.