The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-12

bus routes, parking spaces, Lagoon
of Nations, Fountain Lake, and the
Court Of Peace.
For those, who wish to get gen.
eral idea of the fair before specialize
ing in any particular type Of ex-
hibit, sight seeing buses covering
the whole grounds will be available,
passing entrances at intervals of
three or four minutes. Tractor
trains passing leisurely through all
areas will be waiting to take visitors
to any desired section of the fair.
Joy riding in wheel chairs or mo-
tor chairs with guide-attendants will
be on call for guests who prefer to
see the exposition without too much
exertion. Buses with ten cent
fare will bring visitors to twenty
seven different station-stops scat
tered over the grounds
Seeing the fair on foot, however,
will be pleasure and a relaxation.
Along the many shaded walks will
be found thousands of benches.
Views of fountains, lagoons and bril-
liantly colored gardens give a rest
full atmosphere.
Most of the fair buildings have
but one floor. There are virtually no
steps to climb. Even the entrances
to the buildings have gently sloping
ramps instead of stairs. Where
buildings rise to two or three stories,
moving stairways are in order.
The elaborate system of informa-
tive signs and maps which will SIM
plify sight seeing for this years fair
in an innovation. In addition to
the large wall maps near the prin-
cipal entrances approximately two
hundred directional signs will be
constructed to guide pedestrians.
Forty-three of these will contain
maps similar to those on the large
signs. They will be six feet by four
feet. All fair buildings and attrac-
tons will be clearly designated and
a mark on the map will show the
visitor exactly where he is stand
ing. Arrows will point in all direc-
tons with printed instructions such
as Turn right for the transporta-
ton area straight ahead for the
theme center.
Eleven of these signs located at
points of heavy traffic will be double
faced with announcements of the
special events of the day and the
names of nearby places to eat printed
on the back.
There will be 1875 directional signs
without maps. New, clearly marked
directions have been designed for
entrances and exits to be placed over
the turnstiles and there will be large
price scales and time schedules for
events in the different areas.
The parking fields will have con-
spicuous signs to facilitate getting
into the fair and directional instruc-
tons with road information to aid
departing automobiles.
Easel signs with information about
the events of the day will be found
at the Perisphere, Lagoon of Nations,
Court of Peace, Court of Sport and
American Common. These will be
changed daily.
Another innovation will be an ex-
PLANTATION of the significance of each
piece of sculpture with the name of
the work and the name of the sculp-
tor lettered on the base.
In addition to the marked direc-
tons in the fair streets there will
be seventeen information booths with
trained attendants to give exact in
formation on all matters of public
interest from the location of a for
eign pavilion to the names of the
speakers at ceremonies in the Court
of Peace.
Every World Fair policeman is
required to know the fair from end
to end and is ready to give polite
directions at all times.