Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-24
FAIR
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Chairman Bulls and Aksel
Nielsen, commission member
from Denver. Both men re-
peatedly asked whether New
York could handle the increased
load of population. Adequate
Accommodations in hotels, res
taurants and problems raised
by the increased automobile
traffic seemed to be Of especial
concern.
At one point Mr.. Bulls told
the New Workers the full COM
mission, including Charles Saw
yer, Cincinnati attorney and
former Secretary of Commerce,
was anxious to know" If the
metropolis could handle the
influx of population.
Mayor Wagner, who had pre-
dicted New York would attract
more than so million visitors.
replied that facilities are now
available and more facilities are
planned by 1864. the date de-
sired for the fair.
Boosters for a fair at Los An
geles did not present any master
plan. They urged the commits
sion to choose the Southern
California site because it is "the
fastest growing" section of the
Nation.
They alone, however, sug-
gested that the international
exposition will have to receive
financial help from both the
Federal and State governments
if it is to succeed.
The Washington proponents
emphasized the feasibility Of
the Nations Capital as the site
for the fair on the basis of the
1ong-term permanent value
which would result.
Permanent Center
Besides the new satellite
town" that would emerge, the
plans call for a permanent
international trade and de-
velopment center and a
national amusement and rec
reation area similar to Disney
land.
All the permanent features
of the center would be an out
growth of the exposition itself.
1t was hoped the ambitious
design would be persuasive in
convincing the three-member
presidential panel that WASH
ington-Should be given the
nod to go ahead with plans for
the exposition.
The Largo site would place
the exposition on the eastern
leg of the planned circumfer-
entail freeway to be completed
in 1862 and near U. S. Route
301.
Out Central Avenue
The location is reached by
going out Central avenue about
5 miles beyond the District line.
Some of the area already is
said to have been taken under
option by the United States
Exposition, Inc, the corporate
name of the Washington group.
Plans for the exhibition area
enviSion a modernistic clus-
ter of prefabricated, reinforced
concrete platforms encircling a
man-made lagoon.
All of the exhibit buildings
would be constructed on the
dozen or SO huge platforms
which in turn would be con-
nected by foot bridges. An
exhibit-area transit syste m
would be operated below the
platforms on ground level. The
platforms would be reached by
escalators.
GIass-InclOsed Walkways
The exhibit buildings would
be air conditioned, and major
buildings would be connected
by glass inclosed pedestrian
walkways. The platform areas
would be free of all but pedes-
trian traffic.
The cluster of floating is
lands" would be scattered over
a 600-acre tract in the center of
the fair grounds. Later this
developed tract would be the
core of the New City"
The areas beneath the. con-
crete platforms and surround
ing them would provide a park
like atmosphere containing, be-
sides the lagoon, fountains, gar
dens, and sports and rest areas.
The central lagoon would be
the scene of boating exhibitions
and water shows. !
Each of the huge platforms