The new city that arose on the shores of Lake Michigan was a gleaming antithesis to the rest of Chicago: an orderly ensemble of grandiose stylistically harmonious structures arranged around an axial court of honor and reflected in a series of lagoons. The entire scene was electrically floodlit at night bathing the city in an otherworldly glow which to attendees would have made the fairgrounds feel entirely removed from the industrial cities to which they were accustomed.[7

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游客可以通过三个入口进入展览区 ， 行人可以从芝加哥市区的沿街面进入博览会码头 ， 而大多数游客则来自于场地南侧的火车站 。 这些游客首先会到达大型行政中心 。 这座巨大的穹顶建筑由纽约建筑师Richard M. Hunt设计 ， 这里是世界博览会的行政办公场所 。 同时拥有14座世博会建筑的主要特征 ， 即有着高度为60英尺（约18.25米）的统一檐口、白色粉刷墙体 ， 以及几何Beaux-Arts美学体系[8