The San Francisco call., 1910-02-13
WANTS EXPOSITION
IN BIG PLAYGROUND
Fillmore St. Improvement Asso-
citation Suggests Golden Gate
Park as Location

The Fillmore street Improvement as
sociation has taken a strong stand II
favor of Golden Gate park as the slt'
for the Panama Pacific exposition L
has issued an address to the public il
which it calls special attention to the
many advantages offered by that sec
tion of the great playground lying be-
tween Strawberry hill and the ocean.
The association also desires that the
buildings be made permanent In char
acter to house agricultural, horticul
tural. art. mechanical and mineral dis
plays. One of the structures, It il
suggested, could be transformed int
an auditorium.
ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC
The address promulgated by the as
sociation says in part
The Fillmore street Improvement
association has not been idle IN
the matter of casting about for a
proper site, and after due consid-
Grafton from every point OF view
that the most beautiful and ideal
site can be found and lies right
within our great and beautiful
our park on account of it's 1900
acres of trees, grass plots and
shrubbery, its STADIUM wnea d com com
course, and it's many other physlcal
attractions when considered as
body. render 1T an exposition ION
We maintain that wherever. you
cast your eye there can NOT rb pc
panoramic and great natural
beauty of that portion of the park
beginning at Strawberry hill. west
Stowe lake, Prayer Book cross,
Sprecklesc lake, the chain of lakes,
the stadium and its racecourse and
transposed into an exposition site
that will surpass in beauty and
pieturesquene any site @ upon 9o1!
before been launched at any place
in the world.
NO INTRIGUE INVOLVED
We also point out a great ad-
vantage-that the. ground belong
ing to the people need not be
bought or leased and therefore
there can be no suspicion of direct
or indirect intrigue or speculation
in the selection of this site.
portant feature-the creation of a
their nature, built of brick and
culture, Showing the great and
varied products of the state of Cal
ifornia, a mining museum, me-
chanical museum, a palace devoted
to arts, an auditorium, surprising
in acoustics and seating capacity
the one at Salt Lake City. THESE
permanent palaces, amid beautiful
surroundings, would lend greater
attractiveness to our Golden Gate
park and therefore to our city.
We maintain that we should put
up a permanent character of build
ings designed to keep on exhibit
tion for generations to come all of
ifornia and of the Pacific coast.
We contend that a great auditors
um should be built which will last
and be credit to our people
century hence.
FOR PERMANENT BUILDINGS
We claim that we should build
as many permanent buildings as
possible so that the marks of our
exposition may remain and endure
long after it has closed its doors.
If you go to Paris or Berlin or
you will find great permanent eX-
hibitions, some museums, some IL
braries and some auditoriums.
What will we have to show at the
end of six months If we put UP only
temporary buildings?
Should not this great fair give
us the ambition and incentive to
at least make an endeavor to rival
the great capftolS OF the old world!
Should we not continually have
something to draw the visitors
from abroad? Should we not make
San Francisco stand pre-emlnent
and unique as an exhibition center
on the American continent?
In conclusion the association con-
tends that the accessibility of the park
should commend it to the directors
1t is stated that such a location would
insure financial success.
A well wisher of the big fair from
Petaluma proposes that the Midway
be called the 'Tow Path that 1t be
constructed as a replica of the Panama
canal and that. the concessions be
known as locks