Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-04-13
The EXPOSITION BUILDINGS.
wwsnty-rhroo Aorea of Floor Space
Under Their Roofs.
Whe Great Structures In washinE-
ton Park, Which Form q City
In Themselves Alone.

In Themselves Alono-
The walk into Expo City m the great
structure in Warrington Park, opposite
the woll-known Music Hall and perma-
nont ExposiJion may be called, is like
tho awakening from q dream. One does
not know the grandeur and magnihoenoe
81 what he Ia approaching till he runs
plump against the walls OF the build
in0s. From Race street OH tho east to
and including the canal on the west, and
from Twelfth street to Fifteenth street,
three squares IN both directions, or o
sosal Of nine square squares, II the Gllit-
srztien be admissible, is the territory
which next summon will be tesrntns
with the life, the art and the industry,
not alone Of the Ohio Valley and !ts ad-
jacont States, bus OF the whole
etvilized world a. well. It is al
ready the center Of busy plans and
humming industry. Over 300 men arc
putting on tho finishing touchss. Iron
roofers are up aloft working away,
painters are here, there and every
where, some on ladders and some on
swinging Ecaff6lds and others dangling
sompossdly in the loop Of long rope,
suspended from an apparently inacces-
sible pinnacle, each busily Supplying the
Priming ooat Of paint; glaziers are q =
ting the glass into windows, and car
psnteru are laying floors, finishing OF
sough inside work and putting on
nnoldings, ornamental oornioes, brack-
ots, DO.
When the buildings arc completed tho
spectacle by night when the myriads of
Slecrie bghts will be blazing will be one
81 tho grandest ever seen. The hilltopE
In the north Of tho city Is the best pos
ssbIe point Of view, In no othor part Of
Naa city nan tho whole extent OF build
Aagn he ssen and oomprehsnded in their
falI magnitude.
Tho main building Is orucitorn
fa shape. Its Dimensions, length
sad breadth, are respectively 500
end 400 feet There 10 central
building with one long wing
rNanhing toward Twelfth street, and two
other wings stretching either side to
Racs and Elm street. The other wing
extends northward to the Park limits.
An additional wing runs west from ibis
last wing to Elm street. This was nrat
designed for single story, for restaurant
purposes, but the rush for space has
boen SO great that another story was
eAdsd, making the original roof the floor
VI the second story. On this door will
BE the restaurant. The bridge spanning
Him street, connecting the Park Build
tags with Musio Hall, begtnS from tEi5
wing.
The eruciform shape OF ths building
AaA left the cornors of the park open.
Each of thezo open spaces, about G quar-
ter OF IN acre, will b0 accessible TO ths
wings and main hall, and will be used
sor smoking and promenades. Benches
Will also be put in taese small parks,
aud as the old elm trees have hoeu left
standing, charming places " Ill thus be
provided Tor tets-a-tetss fer the swain
and his fair company.
The main entrance 10 this building
will be on Twelfth street. Four noble
towers mark the corners of this side and
ths main gateway. Each corner of the
wings facing Elm and Race streets ia
also guarded by tower, and over tho
esnter OF the Building Is another a gi-
gan tic lighthouse Is will be, by tho way,
sOr Il Is l2e feet high, and will be illum-
mated its entire circumference by strong
electric lights From each of ihe nins
n honor of the Wait Of the CommiS-
elonsrs.
No description can convey any ads-
eoAts Idea Of the immensity of the in
tarior OF this Park Building. The height
VI the first story from floor to ceiling 10
torta Ieet- Inc noor space IL ITO feet by
600. In the center is the lake, in whose
placid surface the ExpoAition visitor,
$50 feos up ia the main tower,
can gaze a. his reflection or con-
template the results OF 4 dive downw
This lake will have q beautiful foun-
sAin sparkling IN its center, and swans
VIII disport themselves upon the wa
tors surface. There will be drinking
fountains for tho thirsty visitors at con-
veaisnt intervals around the shores. |
The surface OF the lake will be few |
esse below the level of the floor, and to |
prevent the Careless or children from |
sslling In . handsome paling will |
sanlo&e tho body OF water. Tho |
Lake h about sixty feet in |
diameter. Standing at its edge |
one can look upward at visitors on the |
sscond floor, forty feet above, into whose |
faces the water from the fountain will |
almost dash the spray. Above this floor |
p sheer space OF nearly one hundred |
sast reaching into the very apex OF tho |
central tower. Little balconies hero and |
ehers around the inner sides OF the glass
e4rted tower, provide foot holds from |
which tho curious can look either out |
ward over the ysss expeDse of tho city |
epEsad like panorama before hlm, or
Saa look downward upoa the BurginE !
AGAss of humanity ca the noors below.
beasas- -sA41A2z glAa at sha iEAs the tarsw