Chicago, 1893 (please read 1st reply for context, content and video link)
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Does anyone more knowledgeable than me about such things know if it's a stretch to really believe that the awesome-looking buildings made for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair were constructed in just a couple of years? The first electric drill had just barely been invented four years prior in Scotland in 1889.
For comparison, the White House was completed in the year 1900 but took eight years to build.
Then after the fair they tore down all but a couple of these buildings (there were dozens). One of these buildings was at the time the biggest building ever made and even today would be the second biggest ever. And, as noted in the video linked below, its architecture is far more impressive than the building that holds the number one spot.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ceQrsPm_Md8&list=PLHQUlKGE3pvyqO7ULX0RtsUgOQgVgSN11&index=2
What do y'all think- was Chicago the home of people with far greater architectural skills than 19th century Americans and were they wiped from the face of the Earth and erased from the history books as their cities were destroyed for otherwise seemingly no other reason? Or is it true that Americans of the time all of a sudden made all these gorgeous buildings, just for a fair, only to destroy them once the fair was over? Was the White House also built by this previous civilization or is it proof of the Americans new-found architectural skill?
Don’t forget that these buildings are supposedly created from plaster as well.
Yeah that's what he says the narrative is in the video. Part of why I made the thread is cuz I have no idea, I don't even know if it's possible to tell from pictures but am hoping someone with experience in architecture maybe can say whether or not we can tell just by looking.
Edit: someone's downvoting and all I'm doing is asking questions haha...
I live in a house with plaster walls, every time I need to open a wall I need to use carbide blades cut through everything else might as well be a butter knife. The old pine lumber is stronger and denser as well breaking cheap drill bits.
Okay but this doesn't answer what I was wondering about in the above reply that you're replying to here lol.
Edit: wait I see what you're saying, that plaster is tougher than we think it is.
The downdoots mean that you're pushing against people's beliefs. I'm currently wading through a lot of Ewaranon videos discussing 19th century architecture and pondering the validity of the dating. Having an open mind rather than firm beliefs allows growth.