The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-03-18
F. F. Bingham Says This Is
Ideal Location For An
Exposition.
BUILDINGS SHOULD
BE PERMANENT ONES
Could Afterwards Be Used
For Hotels, Convention
Halls, Etc.
BY F. F. BINGHAM.

A twelve months exposition from
October l, 1919 to October /, 1920. in
commemoration Of the acquisition of
Florida from Spain by the United
States.
To be q 100000 exposition Of the
resources of Florida and the south
eastern states in general and Of Pen
sacOla and vicinity in particular; with
state and county exhibits and with
commercial and industrial exhibits
both domestic and foreign; and with
the largest possible participation by
the United States government.
To be located on the city's S5-acre
Bayview park Ito be renamed Cen
tennial park where, besides the great
natural beauty of the place, architects
and landscape artists could do womb
ers at comparatively small expense.
with the natural terraces and MILL
sides Of that location, in producing an
absolutely unique scheme.
The car line is already there. Blount
street, from Twelfth avenue to Cen
tennial Park Is blocks) and Nine.
teenth avenue from Gadsden street.
to Centennial Park (6 blocks) to be
paved, thus connecting the Centennial
Park with our 25 miles Of paved
streets by two paved streets.
Ten thousand dollars would deeper
the entrance TO Bayou Texar and
make Pensacola and Centennial ParA
the winter rendezvous of hundreds OF
yachts from the north and east, not
only during the Centennial Exposition
but. before, and forever afterward.
Fifty thousand dollars would real
ize that old dream of the late Frank
Z. Mayes and build . concrete boule-
TzYc from the pavement en- Fast
Gregory street, along the bayshore
through the $4,000 viaduct recently
built by the p. & A. railroad. and
along Bayou Texar, under the bluffs
to Centennial Park (only about a mile
and half) and we would have the
finest little boulevard in the United
States for all time.
PERMANENT BUILDINGS.
Five main buildings of pure Span
ish mot mission) architecture "a
house the exposition, say:
I. Agriculture.
2. Manufactures.
3. Fisheries and marine.
4. Auditorium and educational.
5. Governmental.
These buildings to be beautiful
rather than large, and to be of per-
manent, ireproof construction, and to
be so designed and located that they
can be readily adapted for other uses
after the exposition, for instance:
1. (Agricultural) Pearl Eagan Or
phan Home.
2. (Manu-actures) A hotel, a SAM
tarium, or annual county fair build
ing.
8. Fisheries and marine) A pub
lie bathing and dancing pavilion, fish
cry exhibit, zoo and museum.
4. (Auditoriun) A permanent audi
torium and convention hall, which
would be great drawing card fol
securing national conventions and
gatherings of all kinds.
5. (Governmental) Woman's Home
These buildings to be under the
management of the city government
or of a commission appointed BY the
citv government. If desired these
huiidines could be made to yield con.
siderable revenue.
Bavview Park for rather Centen-
NAL Park as then existing would BE-
a most attractive place for our home
people the year around, and would Be
a picnic ground for the nation.
FINANCIAL.
Escambia county to bond itself fol
500, 900 for development and adver.