road on the eastern shore; the provision of ferries and footbridges between the banks, and so forth and so on.

ACCESS to the Historic Site is to be provided by road, rail, river, and air. Competitors may offer suggestions for the approaches by road involving changes in the street and traffic systems in the neighborhood of the development, provided the changes fit in with the general Traffic Plan as now proposed and partially shown on the accompanying aerial view of St. Louis (Appendix A). Their Submissions will not be unfavorably considered because their suggestions are impractical for jurisdictional, economic, or other reasons of which they can have no knowledge. They will be judged only by their inventive ingenuity in suggesting an easy flow of traffic to the Historic Site and into the parking facilities described under "The Parking of Vehicles" below. It is proposed to convey visitors arriving by air at the Municipal Airport to the Historic Site by helicopters. A platform 150' x 600' is to be provided for receiving them. The type of helicopter now in contemplation will carry twenty-four passengers and will require a space 150' x 150' to receive it. The platform called for provides temporary storage space for three helicopters in addition to the receiving area. Appropriate facilities for passengers must be provided. It is proposed to convey

visitors arriving by air at the new Municipal Airport, being considered for construction on the western bank of the River to the north of the City, to the Memorial by speedboats. A Municipal Landing reserved for them must be provided.

THE PARKING OF VEHICLES on the Historic Site is to be provided for underground. Accommodation for 200 buses and 4000 to 6000 motor cars is the goal. Competitors need not study the complex problem of providing such accommodation in detail, but they must indicate in general how they propose to approach the questions of access to the parking space, the handling and disposition of cars, and so forth. As previously stated, Competitors are given a free hand in suggesting any changes in the surrounding street and traffic systems which they feel to be desirable to achieve satisfactory access conditions and their Submissions will not be adversely judged if their suggestions prove to be impossible to carry out provided they show inventive ingenuity. It is suggested that the garage be so arranged that shuttle buses serving the business and shopping area may pick up passengers from the motor car garage underground.

THE RELOCATION OF RAILROAD TRACKS AND THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY has been discussed above under "Appendix B".

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PART V
DRAWINGS

THE DRAWINGS REQUIRED IN THE FIRST STAGE are as follows:

Sheet A—The Presentation of the Design—a sheet of white cardboard, or white Whatman-type paper mounted on cardboard, approximately 36" x 48", showing:

a) A plan of the Historic Site and its immediate surroundings, together with the monuments, buildings, landscape features, underground structures, accesses, through highway, railroad trackage, and so forth, that is to say all the elements the Competitor has employed to meet the requirements of the Program, at the scale of 1"=100', i. e., the scale of the accompanying plan of the Historic Site, (Appendix B).

b) An elevation of the whole, as seen from the east bank of the Mississippi, at the scale of 1"=100'.

c) A cross-section, or cross-sections, of the Historic Site, showing particularly the underground structures in such schematic form as the scale of the drawing will permit, at the scale of 1"=100'.

The drawings on this sheet are to be made with T-square and triangle and rendered in monochrome, though not necessarily in black or gray. All lettering must be in the form of printed or typewritten stickers or standard stencilled lettering. The use of hand lettering will entail the disqualification of the Competitor.

Sheet B—The Explanation and Amplification of the Design—a sheet of cardboard, or paper mounted on cardboard, of the same size as Sheet A, of any kind, or color the Competitor may select. In preparing this sheet the Competitor is to think of himself as talking to the Jury over the drawing board, pencil, pen or brush in hand, making freehand sketches to explain and amplify any ideas, features, compositions, or details he may think especially worthy of their consideration or necessary to clarify his thought. If he wishes to do so he may actually use any sketches or

photographs of any models made during the development of his Submission by applying them as stickers to the cardboard sheet. He may also submit without restriction such notes and explanatory text as he can apply on his sheet in the form of lettering or type-written stickers. Such notes and text must be in the form specified above for Sheet A. Among the sketches must be:

a) A perspective of the Historic Site, and a sufficient area surrounding it to show the general development of the Program Site and its relation, as called for by the Requirements of the Program, to the City Plan of St. Louis, as well as to the area on the east bank of the Mississippi between the River and the elevated railroad structure extending northeastward from the MacArthur Bridge (Appendix A.) The perspective need not be mechanically projected or drawn.

b) A cubage diagram, or diagrams, of the Museum or Museums, with whatever dimensions are necessary.

c) Sketches of the Monument or Monuments, and the Museum or Museums, together with designs for sculpture and painting. The Competitor required to present at least one episode or section of sculpture and painting at a scale sufficient to enable the Jury to judge the character and scale of the work and the skill of the author or authors.

d) A portion of the underground parking structures, showing typical access and maneuvering space arrangements, and provisions for planting trees, if any, must also be included.

THE DRAWINGS REQUIRED FOR THE SECOND STAGE will be specified in Addenda to the Program to be issued after the completion of the First Stage of the Competition.

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vided. If, on the other hand, he is not employed in
any capacity in connection with the design and ex-
ecution of the Memorial then, by the acceptance of
the prize money, he shall be deemed to have been
fully compensated for his effort in participating in the
Competition. The ultimate compensation by the Gov-
ernment of the landscape architect, sculptor, and
painter, who may be associated with the architect
and recommended along with him to be employed
to design and execute the work, shall be in addition
to the architect's fee, and must be a subject independ-
ent of this Program. Such compensation can be
considered only if the architect actually chooses to
form an association, when the nature and scope of the
landscaping, sculpture, and painting to be provided
have been determined in a preliminary way, and
when, as, and if, employment of such associates is in
contemplation by the Government.

EXHIBITION AND PUBLICATION of Submissions will take place only after the completion of the Second Stage judgment. The Submissions of all unsuccessful participants in the First Stage will be returned to them as soon as possible after the completion of that Stage unless they have previously expressed their willingness to have their Submissions exhibited and published by completing affirmatively the agreement contained in the Application Form, signed by every Competitor, as follows:

I am—we are—willing—not willing—to have my—
our—Submissions made public; in the event that I am
—we are—not successful in the Competition, at any
time and in any way thought advisable by, and with-
out recourse against, the Jefferson National Expan-
sion Memorial Association, under whose auspices
and sole financial responsibility the Competition is
being held. I—we—agree—do not agree—that the

Association shall retain my—our—Submission for a
period after the First Stage of the Competition, not
to exceed one year, sufficient for publicity purposes.
It is hereby also agreed that, whenever Submissions
are made public by the Association, after making
reasonable effort to assure that the Author or Authors
of Submissions are given full credit for their work in
all publicity releases, collectively and individually,
the Association shall not be held liable for failures
on the part of the press, or any other agency, to give
proper credit for authorship.

USE OF ORIGINAL IDEAS contained in any Sub-
mission, whether published or not, unless they are
included in substance in one or more of those of the
five Competitors selected to participate in the Sec-
ond Stage, will not be made by the Association at
any time without compensation arrived at by ne-
gotiation with the Author or Authors.

RETURN OF SUBMISSIONS to the five Competitors selected to participate in the Second Stage will be made immediately after the completion of the First Stage. These Submissions will be returned to serve whatever purpose they may as documents in the preparation of Submissions in the Second Stage. They are, however, as stipulated above, the property of the Association and must, therefore, be returned to the Adviser together with Second Stage Submissions. Any Competitor failing so to return his First Stage Submission will be disqualified. As stated above all Submissions of Competitors unsuccessful in the First Stage will be returned to them as soon as possible after the completion of that Stage unless such Competitors have declared their willingness to have them retained by the Association for publicity purposes.

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b) Those having to do with the PRESERVATION of the Site of Old St. Louis, and certain buildings still standing thereon or adjacent thereto, as an Historic Site within the meaning of the Act; with THE LANDSCAPING and development of the Historic Site, including the possible provision of AN OPEN AIR CAMPFIRE THEATRE; with the possible re-erection and reproduction of a few typical SMALL BUILDINGS, such as stood in Old St. Louis in earlier days; with the provision of A MUSEUM, OR MUSEUMS, dedicated to interpreting the historic significance of the Westward Movement.

c) Those having to do with the projected, though as yet unauthorized, creation of a LIVING MEMORIAL to Thomas Jefferson's vision of ever greater opportunities for men of all races and creeds to improve themselves and their lot under democracy; the vision which moved him to consummate the Louisiana Purchase when the opportunity to do so unexpectedly presented itself.

d) Those having to do with the RECREATIONAL POSSIBILITIES of the Program Site.

e) Those having to do with providing ACCESS to, and facilities for the PARKING OF VEHICLES on, the Historic Site. The possible RELOCATION OF RAILROAD TRACKS, and the provision of an INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, have already been discussed.

A MONUMENT OR MONUMENTS will be erected commemorative of Thomas Jefferson; his aides Robert Livingston and James Monroe, respectively the ambassador and the special envoy to the court of the Emperor Napoleon I, who as representatives of the United States signed the Louisiana Purchase Treaty on behalf of the Government; the Louisiana Purchase; the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which was outfitted in Old St. Louis; the Trappers and Fur Traders, who channelled the wealth of the Western forests and streams through Old St. Louis; the Pioneer Movement in general. The Monument or Monuments may assume any form a Competitor may select, but it or they must be adorned with, or accompanied by, sculptural

works illustrating or symbolizing any or all of the following seven episodes or activities.

a) The Signing of the Louisiana Purchase Treaty in Paris.

b) The Transfer of the Louisiana Territory to the United States at New Orleans.

c) The Transfer of the Upper Louisiana Territory to the United States in front of the Spanish Government House in Old St. Louis.

d) The Outfitting of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in Old St. Louis.

e) Trapping and Fur Trading.

f) The Pioneer Movement which flowed through Old St. Louis by land and water.

g) Life and Traffic on The Mississippi.

For the general information of Competitors it may be said that Livingston and Monroe have been represented as signing the Treaty in the presence of Marbois, Secretary of the Treasury of France. The occasion of the transfer of the Upper Louisiana Territory to the United States is generally known as Three Flag Day. The incident of the Three Flags, though historically unverifiable, is a part of American folklore. Four years before the transfer the French Emperor had acquired the land from the Spanish King by secret treaty so that, although it had returned to French sovereignty legally, in fact the Spanish flag still flew over it and the Spanish authorities still administered it. The Spanish, therefore, had first formally to transfer the Territory to the Emperor, whose minister appointed Captain Amos Stoddard, of the United States Army, to represent him. The Spanish flag was first lowered, as evidence that Spain had disposed of her claim to sovereignty over the land, and the French flag was raised in its place, as evidence that France had taken possession and was free to dispose of it in turn. As a matter of courtesy to the French population, which had long ago settled on the Site of Old St. Louis, ignorant at the time of the fact that France had yielded the Louisiana Territory to Spain in 1762, the French flag was allowed to fly for twenty-four hours, at the end of which time it was lowered in turn and the Stars and Stripes were raised by Captain Stoddard, who represented the President also.

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KODAK Color Control Patches

© The Tiffen Company, 2000

Kodak

LICENSED PRODUCT

Blue

Cyan

Green

Yellow

Red

Magenta

White

3/Color

Black

THE RELOCATION OF RAILROAD TRACKS AND THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY have been discussed above under "Appendix B".

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KODAK Color Control Patches
© The Tiffen Company, 2000
Kodak
LICENSED PRODUCT
3/Color
Black

PART V
DRAWINGS

The drawings on this sheet are to be made with T-square and triangle and rendered in monochrone, though not necessarily in black or gray. All lettering must be in the form of printed or typewritten stickers or standard stencilled lettering. The use of hand lettering will entail the disqualification of the Competitor.

Sheet B—The Explanation and Amplification of the Design—a sheet of cardboard, or paper mounted on cardboard, of the same size as Sheet A, of any kind or color the Competitor may select. In preparing this sheet the Competitor is to think of himself as talking to the Jury over the drawing board, pencil, pen or brush in hand, making freehand sketches to explain and amplify any ideas, features, compositions, or details he may think especially worthy of their consideration or necessary to clarify his thought. If he wishes to do so he may actually use any sketches or

c) Sketches of the Monument or Monuments, and the Museum or Museums, together with designs for sculpture and painting. The Competitor is required to present at least one episode or section of sculpture and painting at a scale sufficient to enable the Jury to judge the character and scale of the work and the skill of the author or authors.

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## PART II

### GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPETITION

THE IMPORTANCE of this Competition as one of the culminating steps in a long series leading to the realization of the Memorial can only be understood by considering the number of tremendous problems already met and solved in preparing for it:

1933 The Association was formed by a group of public-spirited citizens of Missouri and other States.

1934 It sponsored and obtained the creation of the U. S. Commission by the Congress.

1935 It sponsored and obtained the passage by popular vote of a $7,500,000 bond issue of the City in aid of this national project. It sponsored and obtained the issuance by the President of an Executive Order designating the Park Service as the Executive Agency to acquire and develop the Site of Old St. Louis as an Historic Site within the meaning of the Act and allocating $6,750,000 of Government funds for the purpose, to be matched by a contribution of $2,250,000 from the City. This sum was provided by the City through the sale of a portion of the bonds already authorized, the balance of $5,250,000 remaining unissued.

1936 The Park Service established an office in St. Louis to carry out the intentions of the Executive Order.

1939 From 1936 to the end of 1939 many legal and other obstacles to the undertaking were cleared.

1940 Contracts were let for the demolition of the greater part of the buildings on the Site, which demolition was completed in 1941.

1947 All further activity had to be suspended between 1941 and 1947 because of the War Emergency. The situation is now as follows: Sums totalling $225,000 have recently been contributed to the Association by public-spirited private citizens and organizations of

St. Louis and other sections of the country to provide prize money for the successful participants in this Competition as well as to cover the costs of conducting the Competition and promoting the early realization of the Memorial; the City is prepared to make available at any time $5,250,000 of bonds still unissued as an aid of the undertaking; besides the $2,250,000 formerly contributed by the City, in cash, it has made other contributions in kind by vacating the streets on the Site and by donating to the Government an additional block to the west of the Site, on which stands the Old Courthouse, thus completing the existing Historic Site; negotiations and plans for the removal of railroad tracks from the water front and the construction of an interstate express highway along the western boundary of the Site are under way.

THE NEED for this Competition at this particular moment is obvious for various reasons:

a. To further the timely study of an Architectural Memorial to carry out the declared intentions of the Congress in creating the U. S. Commission.

b. To further the timely study of the development of the Historic Site within the meaning of the Act, under whose provisions the Park Service is proceeding.

c. Because, in addition to these studies legally sanctioned in principle, the Association proposes to undertake studies, especially through the medium of the First Stage of this Competition and by the genius of the Competitors, of certain possibilities, on and near the Site, in the shape of developments and facilities, to serve the Memorial and the local community, as well as certain continuing activities, as a memorial to the living spirit of Thomas Jefferson, none of which studies have as yet been author-