On a related note, I visited the St Louis Art Museum which is on the site of the 1904 World's Fair. Then it contained many ornate buildings made of plaster:
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The art museum is in a remodeled building that sits on the top of the same hill overlooking the pond. What it looks like now:
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The art museum is in a remodeled building that sits on the top of the same hill overlooking the pond. What it looks like now: <a href="https://nohomejustroam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/St-Louis-Art-Museum.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://nohomejustroam.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/St-Lou...
Those world's fairs were something else.