Editing World's Columbian Exposition (section)

== Later years ==
[[File:Notable Chicagoans Revive World's Fair Memories (1923).png|thumb|upright=1.15|In 1923, notable Chicagoans associated with the fair met again.]]
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File:1892USstamp$5Columbus.jpg|{{center|[[Postage stamps and postal history of the United States#Columbian Issue|Columbus postage]] issued at the Exposition}}
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File:The Fisheries Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1893.jpg|The Fisheries Building at the Exposition
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The exposition was one influence leading to the rise of the [[City Beautiful movement]].<ref>Talen, Emily  (2005).''New Urbanism and American Planning: The Conflict of Cultures'', p. 118. Routledge. {{ISBN|0-415-70133-3}}.</ref> Results included grand buildings and fountains built around [[Frederick Law Olmsted|Olmstedian]] parks, shallow pools of water on axis to central buildings, larger park systems, broad boulevards and parkways and, after the start of the 20th century, zoning laws and planned suburbs.  Examples of the City Beautiful movement's works include the City of Chicago, the [[Columbia University]] campus, and the [[National Mall]] in Washington, D.C.

After the fair closed, J.C. Rogers, a banker from [[Wamego, Kansas]], purchased several pieces of art that had hung in the rotunda of the U.S. Government Building.  He also purchased architectural elements, artifacts and buildings from the fair.  He shipped his purchases to Wamego.  Many of the items, including the artwork, were used to decorate his theater, now known as [[the Columbian Theatre]].

Memorabilia such as books, tokens, published photographs, and well-printed admission tickets saved by guests are popular among collectors.

The [[George Washington University]] maintains a small collection of exposition tickets for viewing and research purposes.  The collection is currently cared for by GWU's Special Collections Research Center, located in the Estelle and Melvin [[Gelman Library]].<ref name="Guide to the World's Columbian Exposition Ticket Collection, 1893">[http://library.gwu.edu/ead/ms2274.xml Guide to the World's Columbian Exposition Ticket Collection, 1893] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030210630/http://library.gwu.edu/ead/ms2274.xml |date=2014-10-30 }}, Special Collections Research Center, Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library, The George Washington University</ref>

When the exposition ended the Ferris Wheel was moved to Chicago's north side, next to an exclusive neighborhood. An unsuccessful Circuit Court action was filed against the owners of the wheel to have it moved. The wheel stayed there until it was moved to [[St. Louis]] for the [[1904 World's Fair]].<ref name="pett1" />

The Columbian Exposition has celebrated many anniversaries since the fair in 1893. The Chicago Historical Society held an exhibition to commemorate the fair. The Grand Illusions exhibition was centered around the idea that the Columbian Exposition was made up of a series of illusions. The commemorative exhibition contained partial reconstructions, a video detailing the fair, and a catalogue similar to the one sold at the World's Fair of 1893.<ref>Harris, N. (1993). Grand Illusions Chicago' World's Fair of 1893. Chicago: Chicago Historical Society.</ref>