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The Designers:
The process of organizing, planning, constructing, and running the Louisiana Purchase Exposition changed St. Louis. The transformation of Forest Park from a wilderness of trees and thickets into a showcase of the latest thinking in urban design required the vision of three powerful men: David R. Francis, Isaac Taylor, and George Kessler.
Their leadership in the realms of politics, city planning, and landscape architecture proved to the international community that a city such as St. Louis could be an inspiring model of beauty, efficiency, and commercial possibility. |