The Progress of Our People: A Story of Black Representation at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair

The Progress of Our People: A Story of Black Representation at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair — page 3
laid the concrete for three of those Helped fill them up too Real big job buildings Lorraine wriggled with excitement With all that water at the fairgrounds how’s there even room for any Ha There’s so many buildings Rainie Big beautiful fancy buildings Make the ponds and such look like little barrels of water Most of them aren’t built to last a long time though Just paste over a wood frame painted white That’s why they call it the White City All them huge buildings buildings are like castles When it’s sunny you have to squint your eyes And they got lights on them so they even glow in the night Too excited to hold her questions until she’d swallowed Lorraine asked with her mouth full You said your favorite building is Machinery Hall right Oh my that’s a fine one Papa said leaning back in his seat with a satisfied smile Got steeples on it like a fancy old church reaching right up to the sky And all these columns and arches lining the outside And curved roofs made out of glass 6