The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 was America's chance to eclipse the 1889 World's Fair in Paris that had wounded our nation's pride. With the entire world watching, endless opportunities were available to achieve the impossible. One man used the opportunity provided by the World's Fair to build a city that would make America proud. Another used his eminence to help him become one of the most feared serial killers of the time. For these two men "their destinies were linked by a single, magical event" (xi). They represent Chicago as a black and white city; a clash between good and evil. The Exposition held in Paris a few years earlier had unveiled the Eiffel Tower, perhaps the most notable landmark of the era. To prove itself, America had to create a fair that at least rivaled this engineering marvel. The first of the two men was Daniel Burnham, a talented architect and chief builder and organizer of the Fair. It represents the American idealism that it is possible to achieve the impossible, as was done at the Fair. The “White City,” as the exposition became known ...