Evening star., 1933-10-05
FAIR SCENEi0FFERS
CHICAGO PROBLEM
City Considers What to Do
With Building and Grounds
After Exposition.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October 5.-Having dis
covered through its CENTURY of Progress
experience new possibilities for making
its lake front super playground, Chi
cago now is figuring how best it may
perpetuate some Of its Worlds Fair
glamor.
Suggestions for making the fair it.
self a hardy annual have been gently
but firmly quashed. Contractual stipu-
lations demand prompt removal or de-
molition of most Of the equipment and
restoration of grounds to pre-fair land
scaped status.
But a less inclusive plan, whereby only
few of the more important exposition
buildings would be retained-along with
new three-mile boardwalk, vast beach
and athletic field facilities and a few
bright spot" cafes-haS met with al
most unanimous approval of city off,
cials and business leaders.
Mayor FavOrs Project.
Mayor Edward j. Kelly, who also is
president of the South Parks Board, on
whose many acres of made" land the
fair is planted, has expressed himself
as in favor of the project.
He has suggested formation of a cor
poration, along the lines of the fair
organization, to work out sound plan
for financing the venture, aware that
business men would be interested"
after noting the salutary effect the
crowd pulling exposition has had on
their business this Summer. The Chi
cago Hotels Association has been espe-
cially enthusiastic.
Under the ordinance which allowed
the fair to be established on public
property, Kelly points out, the South
Parks Commission will be entitled to
appropriate. without cost, any of the 10
groups Of buildings constructed by the
fair management. Those not desired
must be demolished.
Building Uses Considered.
Buildings coming under this option
are the administration building, travel
and transport hall, home planning hall,
Fort Dearborn reproduction, general
exhibit halls, the hall of science, elec-
trical group, hall of agriculture and
the States group.
Proposals for continued use of some
OF these for specific purposes already
are under consideration, notably the
administration building, which may be
made the South Park Boards head
quarters, tIle traVel ana transport nall,
which r'av be used as a convention
and ell 1T hall under the auspices of
the Association of Commerce. and the
Fort Dearborn reproduction, which
Relly says is certain to be retained for
Its historical value
A number Of concessionaires have
petitioned for permission to make their
stands" permanent if a means be
found for financing the whole layout
as q unified recreation center
Beach VIII Be Used.
Among physical improvements of the
three-mile lake front installed by the
exposition and scheduled to remain as
park property upon the close of the
fair, are the bathing beach Of North
erly Island which was enlarged to sew
eral times its original size for the fair,
the bridges connecting mainland and
the enlarged island at Eighteenth and
Twenty third streets and many acres of
landscaping and terracing.
George w. Rossetter, president Of the
Association Of Commerce, has named
committee Of Is to consider the play
ground plan land parallel projects for
sustaining the civic impetus generated
by the fair after it has closed"