The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-08-06
A marvellous panorama will be af-

A marvellous panorama will be az
through the Golden Gate. AS one
looks from the harbor he will see
three main groups Of exposition
buildings. There will be the great
central group comprising the fourteen
exposition palaces to be devoted to
general exhibits; there will be the
group upon the left hand or east and
devoted to amusement concessions
and covering sixty-flve acres; this
will be the midway" The right
hand group upon the Preside mill
tary reservation and nearest the Gold
en- Gate will be devoted to the pa
vilions of the states and foreign gov
eJnments.
The exposition site at Harbor View,
with its towering ampitheaters Of
hills and vast distances, called for
huge effects. The grouping of the
fourteen great exhibit palaces will
present this result From afar the
central group, facing for almost mile
upon San Francisco harbor, will seem
as one colossal structure, great
Oriental city, with walls as high as
the average six-story city block and
with golden domes, towers and
tower gateways rising to heights Of
$50, 27O and 400 feet. Nearer at hand
1t will be found that great inner
courts lie between the buildings.
Eight of the fourteen buildings in the
main group will be joined in a rec
tangle to form almost a huge Oriental
bazar-a ver;table walled city with
its domes, towers, minarets and great
interior courts.
In general the buildings of the cen.
trail group are to be brought into
contact with those next adjoining by
arcades, courts and archways.
Through this method of treatment
four of the general exhibit palaces
of the main group, fronting north
upon San Francisco bay but set back
at distance from the waters edge,
will present single architectural de-
sign. Their walls and the adjoining
arches will form the main northern
facade of the exposition along the
shores of the harbor, marvellous
frontage that will be first seen by
visitors who reach the exposition city
by water and enter San Francisco bay
through the Golden Gate BY day
the glittering pillars and minarets of
this mile long facade will be seen
as a dream city, while by night they
will reflect the sheen of a million
lights into the waters Of the bay.
A Great Esplanade.
Before the facade and along the
harbor's edge for more than a mile
there will be built great esplanade.
a vast stretch of ground and terraces
in which fountains will play and
groups of statuary be set at intervals.
Brilliant flowers and hardy Towering
trees and shrubs Will lend warmth
and color to the esplanade.
Three great courts will divide the
main group of exposition buildings
from north to south. Their theme
will suggest the meeting Of the east
and west at Panama. One of the
huge courts, that on the east, will
suggest the Orient, rich in Oriental
splendors; another on the west, will
suggest the Occident, it's theme ex-
employing the wealth which nature
has conferred upon the Saxon who
has ever pushed to the west. Be-
tween these two courts will be set
the greatest of an the courts, the
superb Court of the Sun and Stars,
it's theme upon magnified scale
symbolizing the union of the east and
west at Panama. This court will
stand out among the most brilliant
architectural expressions of America
and Europe. It will be distinguished
by the majestic scale of its architec-
ture; by the splendor of it's concep-
ton, and by it's life, color, and spirit
Of joyousness. The color plan of this
court, as indeed Of all the great
courts, is designed by Jules Guerin,
undoubtedly the foremost decorative
artist in America.