New-York tribune., 1901-04-21

EthnocEy Building 1t shows abundance
oc taWny color, accented by rather bright tints
bee AID there. Its neghbor the Agriculture
(uu6:rr designed by the same architects, is
vaguely italian in style, with arcades remlnls-
cant Of the Sala del Consigilo. at Verona.
The color is fairly harmonious with that of the
Liberal Arts Building. All these structures are
rCcfei with rcd Spanish tiles fact which tells
crol,noue!y n the general effect of the exhibit
ton, contributing; to that effect note of rich
nos. and warmth.
We now reach the nc4. -Iaspicuous construc-
ten in The whole exposition the Electric Tower
designed by john Gaen Howard. This tower
over four hundred feet high, cxemplifies, like
50 n,Any other buildings here, what we may call
TN aptation Of Spanish ideas, but it does this
in subtle fashion, the facades being pierced
with a1abesques that have Oriental quality
in their ;eometrical luxuriance. The color
1che1re is one of creamy white. picked out deli
catoly w:th green. yellow and gold. 1t brings
to The lips the cpthet that is often there dur
Ing an examination of the exhibition: it is a
picturesque work. but it is also stately. de-
sign in which the things to admire are not only
the expression of that festaI spirit which the
whole shows, but scholarly proportions and
purity of detail This building in fact, will
prove the focal point when everything is COM
plctcd. Visible long before Delaware Park is
reached. it dominates the spectacle which is
spread before the eye as one enters across the
great bridge. The view which we fancy will
dwell longest in the minds of those who proceed
to Buffalo this summer will be that which takes
in from the bridge and the Esplanade, all the
buildings the Court of Fountains, with the
Electric Tower standing reSpendent above
thcm Beyond the tower broad plaza with Il
gracefully designed bandstand in the centre is
framed on one side by the back of the tower on
thc opposite side by the PrOpylHa-a colonnaded
scheme of much dignity-and the two re-
rpannS sides by restaurants effectively orna
Inented with small towers. On the left passes
between two of these towers TO the Midway. a
congeries Of nondescript buildings; the right
similar passage leads to the Stadium the vast
classical and elongated amphtheatre worked
cut more less austere lines by Rabb
Cook & Willard. Critical consideration Of
the Stadium must necessarily be postponed
until a later date, when the progress of con-
struction will have made it possible to form a
better idea of its merits work of art. That
II mas such merits the merest glimpse is suni-
cient To show. 1t promises to be an extraordi-
narily distinguished affair. but it be seen
in its complete form to be fully appreciated
That is a point. indeed which must be remem-
bered everywhere at this time. The exposition
Is in such shape as to justify the brief and dis
cuiSlNc account gwen above of its architectural
features. and one may legitimateIy essay a few
6eneraiZations but fairness toward those who
are carrying out the work demands that the
last word should not be spoken until the gates
are opened in May and everything stands
finished. The color is not yet all put on;
such of 1t as already adorns the buildings is
partly obscured by scaffolding. and even were
it all in place ii would be difficult to estimate
conclusvely its value without the sunshine upon
which Mr.. Turner and the architects are count
ing. without the greenery and the gstening
water which the landscape architect naturally
calculates shall cooperate with what his col
leagues viii have done What can reason
ably state now is that, while lacking in monu-
mental characteristics-excep to the limited ex-
tent indicated above-and while without the
artistic homogeneity which rigid adherence to
one architectural style might have secured, the
exposition a whole leaves "A favorable i'm
preston. The main buildings exhibit a certain
uniformity of plan and disposition in relation
to one another if not in the character and
quality Of their facades; scattered through the
grounds beyond the temporary Art Building,
various State buildings will increase the vivacty
of the ensemble and in the long the Pan