 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1915, makomishinari eSouth Park akafanotangira Grant Park akawana bandshell yenguva pfupi yematanda muPaki pedyo neMichigan neCongress Avenues. Yakagamuchira zviitiko zvikuru pamwe chete nemitambo yeboka uye yakaramba iri panzvimbo yacho kwemakore mashanu kana matanhatu. Muna 1931, Cermak akakarakadza konzati dzisingabhadharwi kusimudzira vaChicagoans panguva yeGreat Depression. Kuora mwoyo uye kupararira kwezvinhu zvitsva zvemichina zvakadai semarekodhi, maredhiyo uye mafirimu anonzwika zvakatungamirira kuderera kwekuda kwemimhanzi mhenyu uye kuderera kwemusika webasa wevaimbi. Gore iroro, sezvo zvivako zvaivakwa nokuda kweCentury of Progress International Exposition ya1933, Chicago Concert Band Association yakapa kuronga bhendi rekonzati revanhu makumi manomwe kuti ripe makonzati emahara ezhizha kana makomishina epaki aizovaka goko reboka raive nemwenje yemagetsi nemakamuri ekupfekedza. Kuvakwa pahuni nefiber E. V. Buchsbaum dhizaini yakatanga pabhajeti ye 12,500 mumadhora anhasi, uye kuvhurwa kwemakonzati emahara kwakatanga musi waAugust 24, 1931. Kuvaka kwakapedzwa mumavhiki matatu. 