The Washington herald., 1913-07-20
Impressive Natural Surround
ings Will Lend Air Of Mag
nitude to Whole Scheme.
Principal Buildings and
Courts.

San Francisco. July 19.-The palaces of
the Panama-Pacifc International EXPOSE
ton have been planned upon a massive
scale to conform with their impressive
natural surroundings. The site Of the
exposition at Harbor View, lies within
the city limits. as a crescent upon the
shores of San Francisco Bay, just inside
the Golden Gate. No more picturesque
location, nor one more appropriate to the
celebration of a great maritime event,
could be imagined. On the south, east
and west the grounds are encircled by
towering hills Of varying contours rising
successfully from 80 to 800 feet above
the sea level Upon the north the site
opens out upon the harbor Of San Fran
cisco.
The central portion of the site lies
slightly above the sea and is encircled
on three sides by gently sloping ground;
within 4 short distance from the boun-
DIARIES of the site these slopes change to
steep hill sides and thus the site becomes
the floor of a huge amphitheater, from
whose sides the exposition will be seen
stretched out below. To the east and
south the residence section encircles the
exposition grounds. and to the west and
southwest the site is embraced by the
wooded slopes Of the Preside Military
Reservation. dark with cypress and eu-
vistas of green valleys.
Buildings VIII. Face Bay.
The exposition buildings. built upon ar
axis east and west, will face the bay upon
the north: they will parallel the stream
Of the great incoming traffic of the world
through the western gate of the United
States. Ships entering the harbor will
pass before the exposition grounds
The harbor itself will be a part of the
great theater upon which will be staged
the worlds jubilee. and the Golden Gate
will be the entrance to the theater.
A marvellous panorama will be afforded
visitors on ships coming through the
Golden Gate. As one looks from the har-
Dor ne will see there main groups of
exposition buildings. There will be the
great central group comprising the four
teen exposition palaces to be devoted to
general exhibits; there will be the group
upon the left hand or east end devoted
to amusement concessions and covering
sixty-five acres. This will be the mid
way" The right-hand group upon the
Preside military reservation and nearest
the Golden Gate will be devoted to the
pavilions of the States and foreign ma
tons
::r.se main group of buildings will lie
between a tropical garden or boulevard
running east and west along the fringe
Of the hills nearest the city upon the
south, and the esplanade along the shores
of San Francisco Bay on the north. The
tropical boulevard, to be known as the
Alameda" will be 500 feet In length
and 800 feet wide. 1t will be glowing with
fountains, lagoons. statuary, peristyles.
and. secluded from the winds of the bay,
It will be transplanted with a profusion
of semi-tropical trees. plants. and flowers.
including the orange. banana, olive.
myrtle. and every variety of palm. The
east end Of the Alameda will open out |
with a plaza upon Van Ness Avenue one |
of the principal boulevards Of San Fran
cisco. The west end upon the Preside |
will be surmounted by a commemorative |
arch of triumph.
ochre Color Scheme.
The prevailing color tone of the expo
sition will be an ochre, a tawny buff,
several shades removed from white, but
IN the distance giving the effect Of white,
but will not be glazing under the bril-
liant sunlight OF California. In the