Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24
Entire New Community
Would Emerge on Site

mobiles. Surrounding this /:
envisioned a large outer area
Of about $500 acres to contain
trailer parks, service stations
airflelds, motels and camping
areas.
Temporary housing facilities
in this outer area would pro-
vide accommodations for %. 1000
persons.
Adjacent to the exhibit area
would be terminal facilities for
rail and rapid transit, a bus
and taxi station. a freight
terminal and heliport. Trains
would make direct connection
with the fair from all regions
Of the Eastern seaboard.
A system of "carveyors" or
electric trains would take Wis
itors from the parking rim and
terminal facilities to the inner
exhibit area. These would stop
below the platforms, where es-
calators would carry visitors up
to the exhibit sections.
This panorama of Washing
tons world fair plans was pre-
sented by Mr.. Gruen, whose
organization made the designs
The plan has been reviewed by
a panel of nine leading archi-
tectS, he said, including the
internationally known Walter
GropiuS.
Glamour Matched
Mr.. Mclaughlin led off the
Washington witnesses, playing
the same role for the city that
Gov. Rockefeller had taken
earlier for the New York pres
entation.
1--WE have our glamour with
us. although we have no Gov
ernor," Mr.. Mclaughlin said.
1--WE do have SO Senator's"
He meant that SO Senators
had signed a petition sponsored
by Washington leaders urging
a fair and giving their tacit
approval to Washington as a
site.
Washington was painted as
the most inspirational city for
such an exhibit by j. Clifford
Folger, former Ambassador to
Belgium. He held this diplo-
matte post during the Brussels
Exposition.
Speaking very bluntly, the
Brussels fair was a propaganda
battle with a capital p be-
tween the East and West" Mr..
Folger said. People who went
there were serious and thought
full. They were studying what
they saw, evaluating what the
East proposed and what the
West had to offer"
d. C. Called Logical
Since political overtones are
paramount in today's fairs, Mr..
Folger reasoned that Washing
ton was a logical site. The
city is an example to the
world Of representative govern
ment, he said, and representa-
tive government is the first and
great issue in the world today.
Visitors to a Washington
fair will thrill to the Capitol
and to the Lincoln Memorial.
Here they will see evidence of
the breadth of our national life,
the pioneer spirit that made
this country great" he added.
Mr.. Lanigan, the prospective
general manager of the fair,
told the commission the expo
sition plan will attract con-
ventional financing because of
its permanent aspects. Mr..
Lanigan is vice president of
Stevens Development Corp.
He outlined the costs and ex-
pected revenue returns this
way:
The total cost will be about
$3.50 million. This includes the
amount the fair corporation
will spend and investments to
be made by exhibitors, in
Guiding foreign governments
that will participate.
The fair corporation expects
its costs to run about $139
million. Other exhibitors and
concessionaires will spen d
about $500 million.
The fair corporation hopes to
recover about $50 million
through disposition of perma-
nent buildings and land for
long-term use by commercial
! interests attracted to the
New City," A number of the