BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-11-09

st. Louis in 1908. The eye is looking up
the great central boulevard, or court, across
the Sunken Garden, the Grand Lagoon and
basin to the dome and peristyle colOnnade Of
the Art Building. The line Of vision
extends southwardIy through the unbroken !
symmetry Of the facades Of the Liberal Arts
group Of buildings on the left and the eleva
tions Of the Mines and Metallurgy and the !
Electricity buildings on the right.
In the immediate left foreground appears
the aorth facade and forty foot tower Of the |
larger Liberal Art structure, facing the |
Monumental Entrance to the Exposition, |
from which point lthe spectator is gazing. |
In the immediate right foreground arises the |
north facade and four hundred foot tower of
the Mines ard Metallurgy Building. Over
the root Of this building, in the distance, is |
seen the tower Of the Transportation Build.
| ing, nearly three quarters OF mile away.
Turning to the left, the eye encounters
the outline Of the Missouri State group of
buildings, just stBhowing over the roof of tie
Liberal Arts group. Further to the left may
be discerned the contour Of the United
States Government Building.
| In the immediate central foreground Ia
the Sunken Garden, one of the triumpks Of
| the Exposition landscape scheme. Il is sur.
rounded by o marble balustrade, with Q
| garden twenty feet below the level Of the
main boulevard. The entire garden is open
to the sky. Its walls Of masonry will be
partly concealed by creeping vines Of every
cline. The landscape effect is spread out
like the map Of an enchanted valley. Marble
steps will lead from the boulevard down to
the garden. At the farthest end it will abut
the Monumental Bridge, spanning the inter.
section Of the Grand Lagoon with the east
and west lag0ons, which issue from the ave.
nues separating the lesser and greater Lib
eral Arts buildings, to the left, and the
Mines and Metallurgy Building and the
/ Electricity Building on the right.
Long Avenues of Naples.
. Beyond the Monumental Bridge, stretch
ming 1,500 feet to the south, is the Grand
Lagoon, terminating in the Grand Basin,
whose eIpanse Of 600 feet in diameter lies
at the base Of the terrsced> gardens on the
front Of the Art Palace bill. The basin at
its head follows the concsve contour Of the
hill. Three bridal veil cascades, plunging
down the hillsider, empty into the basin ai
this point.
Around tbesr escent topped hill sweeps the
Ionic colonnade Of the Art Building, which
closes the perspective of the main picture.
In the very centre of the perspective the
beautiful dome of the Art Building is etched
against the sky, the architectural zenith Of
the Exposition.
Lines of empowering naples follow the
balustrades Of the Sunken Garden aud the
Grand Lagoon along the boulevard to the
base of Art Eill, an effect that has never
been introduced into the decoration Of any
worlds fair. This natural ornamentation is
to be continued throughout the avenue sys.
J tenn Of the Exposition grounds.
81 Warmth and richness will be given the
picture here outspread. The walls of the
buildings will be tinted, back Of their columns,
with charming harmony Of color, a triumph
, in mural decoration. Sculpture will enter
into the bewildering majesty Of the great
court or boulevard which it is sought to por.
tray here. It will take the form Of heroic
. grouping on the Monumental Bridge. In
fhe centre Of the Great Basin, before the
peristyle Of the Art Palace, the Mammoth
Fountain will surpass every precedent in
this style Of establishment. The. facsdas Of
the buildings will reflect the achievements
Of century in statuary and bas.relief.
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ing the main court will be sixty five feet
above the head Of the sig6tsesr standing on
the boulevard. On the esplanade, at the
Great Basin, the foundation of the peristyls
will begin, more than SIXTY feet above the
head Of the spectator, nearly on line with
the cornices OF the buildings in the main
Ipicture Of the level plain at the base of
the hill. The dome of the Art Building will
tower 260 feet above the promenade in front
of the peristyle overlooking the basin and
terrace gardens.
View from Lofty Towers.
Twin towers on the larger Liberal Arts
Building and the Mines and Metallurgy
Building are 416 feet above the avenues
fianking the four sides. Elevators will carry
the Worlds Fair visitors to their pinnaclss,
where an unobstructed view can be had in
: every direction Of tbe Exposition. Their
superior height can carry the eye over the
wooded area Of the fair, back OF the Art
Building, where the spires and turrets Of