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| DIRECTLY NORTH FROM THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING -
This view offers considerable valuable information to the student of
the great Fair, and an attempt will be here made to name some of the
structures and their relative positions. The Fisheries covers the
foreground, and the wonderful display of living fishes was at the
right, out of view. From this height it is possible to note the
extraordinary outlines of the Swedish
Building, which rises at the
right. The architectural ideas here set forth are Muscovitish with
Western grace beginning to assert itself. Between the east of the
Fisheries and Sweden is the west end of the Polish Cafe. At the left
of Sweden, further back, is Guatemala, where
Manuel Lemus made a
grand display of stuffed birds and coffee. This side of Guatemala,
in line with the east Fisheries flag, is Venezuela with its roof
statues. To the left of the Fisheries dome is Brazil, and the eye
will now follow around the Art Palace pond.
The pointed building is
the Cafe de la Marine; behind it is the little
Tailor's temple, then
Illinois; next in a line perspectively, are
Wisconsin, the towers of
Colorado, and the Chattanooga panorama on
Stoney Island Avenue,
outside; at the corner of the pond is Ohio,
behind it Michigan, and
the great flag-staff is Washington. The
portico of Nebraska, where a
little flag flies, may be espied at the left of the Art Palace. The
Spectatorium at the right looms over the entire scene. |
