White City at the World's Columbian Exposition ID: 2657 | This file appears in: The Mall Daniel Burnham, who helped formulate the Cleveland Group Plan in 1903, was a key architect of Chicago’s White City at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. The central plaza at the fair, pictured here, was called the White City because of its elegant stretch of white, classically designed buildings that were brilliantly lit at night. | Date: 1893 | Source: Smithsonian Institution Archives Download Original File SourceSmithsonian Institution ArchivesDate1893 "White City at the World's Columbian Exposition" appears in: The Mall