The Ferris Wheel, as we know it today, was developed by George Ferris and was first introduced at the World's Columbian Exposisition in Chicago, IL 1893. The wheel was an architiectual development intended to rival the Eiffel Tower. The Ferris wheel is considered of form of modern architecture because of the time and purpose of its development, and most importantly, the materials used to construct it. Ferris used steel, a practical material used for buildings and bridges, to creat an architectual development intended for leisure. The Ferris Wheel represents a modernistic symbolic union of steel and liesure. In addition to this, the perspective from different points looking out from the ferris wheel allows individuals to view the world in a picturesque, artistic way.
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