February 15, 1935 – Louis H. Skidmore, the man in charge of
the demolition of the buildings at the Century of Progress exposition,
announces that work will begin on clearing the site. The buildings that are to be demolished originally
cost over $10,000,000 and include the Sky Ride, the Hall of Science, the Home
Planning, Food and Agriculture buildings, the States building, the Dairy
building, the Wings of a Century theater, the Electrical building, and the Lagoon
Fountain. Although the wrecking company
is based in Springfield, the 500 men working on the razing of the buildings
will all be hired in Chicago. Remaining
on the site will be the Administration building, Fort Dearborn, the Lagoon Theater,
the DuSable cabin, and the boardwalk around the lagoons.
Also on this date from an earlier blog entry . . .
February 15, 1933 -- Postmaster General Walter F. Brown dedicates the world's largest post office in a ceremony that includes speeches, singing and music by the post office band in the lobby of the building's Van Buren Street entrance. In his remarks Brown said, "A few less than 7,000 workers normally will spend about one-third of their adult lives in this building. Here will be sorted and dispatched 6,500,000 letters and circulars, 300,000 packages and 80,000 sacks of newspaper and parcel post, which originate in Chicago each week, destined for every part of the globe."
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