The "White City"?

Designers Selected a Classic Architectual design

• Most of the buildings of the fair were designed in the classical style of architecture. The area at the Court of Honor was known as The White City.
• The buildings were clad in white stucco, which, in comparison to the tenements of Chicago, seemed illuminated.
• It was also called the White City because of the extensive use of street lights, which made the boulevards and buildings usable at night.