New-York tribune., 1917-07-30
Permanent Worlds Fair
VIII Include rs Buildings
at Cost of $4,000, 900
To Open Next May
Developments in Art, Science
and Industry Will Be Dis
played Yearly

A "city Of wonders" that Is to cost
SS,o00,0O0 and is planned TO rival the
Panama-Pacifc Exposition is being
erected on the William Waldorf Astor
property at East l77th Street and 1hs
Bronx River. Practically unknown to
thousands Of men and women who pass
by the twenty-hve-acre site daily, there
is in the process of construction
group of seventy-fve buildings Of
steel, concrete and papier-mache that
are to constitute one of the largest
undertakings of its kind. 1t is TO be
known as The Bronx International Ex-
position.
The entire plant will be ready Nay,
1918, according to II. F. McGarvie.
president of the exposition, which is
being financed by the Realty Trust
Company. The foundations have al
ready been laid, and the erection Of
several buildings started. The exposi-
tion is TO be permanent and will be
modelled after Shepherds Bush and
Earl's Court in London. The primary
purpose of the exhibit, said Mr.. Nc
Garvie, will be TO display the artistic,
scientific and industrial accomplish
ments of the various nations. Incl
dentally, The Bronx international Ex-
position will commemorate the 300th
anniversary Of the settlement of the
borough.
Swimming Pool Feature
One of the buildings now going up
is the convention hall, which will af-
ford accommodations for the hundreds
Of conventions held in this city each
season. This hall will seat 1000 per-
sons. Another Of the features of the
exposition will be salt water swim
ming pool, which is to be 300 by $50
feet, and will have a sand beach 300
feet long by 80 feet wide running the
length of the north end of the pool.
Entirely surrounding the pool will
be a promenade, elevated slightly
above the surface Of the water. On
the south side of the pool there will
be a miniature Niagara Falls, ls0 feet
across and 46 feet high, which will b:
illumined from within and without by
colored incandescent and flood lights.
Near the pool there Is being construct
ed bathing pavilion, with accommo-
dations for 5000 persons at one time.
A number Of exhibit palaces" in
which will be displayed the industrial
and artistic products of the nations,
are now in tho process of construction.
These buildings will be known es the
Palace of America Achievements, the
Palace of Pan-American Exhibits, the
Palace of Fine Arts, the Palace of
Manufactures and Liberal Arts, the
Palace of Varied Industries, the Hor-
ticultural and Agricultural Hall, Ma
chinery Hall, Automobile Salon, etc.
AT each exposition held In this and
other countries it has been the en-
deavor Of the management to surpass
In beauty of landscape, architectural
design and illuminating effects all of
the accomplishments Of their prede-
cessors," said Mr.. McGarvie yesterday.
"We are attempting TO outdo those
which have gone before us. For this
purpose we have brought from the Pa
ciic Coast many Of the properties that
contributed to the success Of the
Panama-Pacifc Exposition. We have
also put at the head Of the various de-
partments men who in the past have
done the biggest and best things at
expositions held throughout the
world"
Will Open Each Summer
The plans call for rest rooms in each
of the seventy-fve buildings, q club
house and restaurant, roller skating
rink, dance hall, yachting haSbor,
Japanese garden and amusements Of
ali kinds. A giant horoscope will pro-
vide q moving observation tower sew
eral hundred feet high, which will af-
ford a view of the eitv, the Jersey
shore and Long Island.
Though the exposition will be per-
manent, it will be open only from May
80 TO November / Of each year. Ken
meth NJ. Muhchison, Of lo1 Park Ave-
nue., is the architect