The General Arrangement

The general arrangement of the Exposition presented no great

difficulties. The lay of the land helped. Interest, of course, had to

center in the palaces and the Festival Hall, with their opportunities

for architectural display. They naturally took the middle ground. And,

of course, they had to be near the State buildings and the foreign

pavilions. The amusement concessions, it was felt, ought to be in a

district by themselves, at one end. Equally sequestered should be the

livestock exhibit and the aviation field and the race track, which were

properly placed at the opposite end. There would undoubtedly be many

visitors concerned chiefly, if not wholly, with the central buildings.

If they chose, they could visit this section without going near the

other sections, carrying away in their minds memories of a city ideal in

outline and in coloring.

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