Views of the World's fair and Midway plaisance .. . The Fisheries Building, though of such form as to present nowhere a much extended front, waspicturesque, looked at from any direction The Fisheries was an admitted triumph of architecturalgenius over material difficulties, and had the merit of being not only artistic, but of a form adaptedperfectly to its practical uses. I. The south front of the Fisheries Building became a familiar object viewed from the bridge over thenorth inlet, where scores of thousands were constantly passing and repassing. From here a better ideaof the general exterior
Views of the World's fair and Midway plaisance .. . The Fisheries Building, though of such form as to present nowhere a much extended front, waspicturesque, looked at from any direction The Fisheries was an admitted triumph of architecturalgenius over material difficulties, and had the merit of being not only artistic, but of a form adaptedperfectly to its practical uses. I. The south front of the Fisheries Building became a familiar object viewed from the bridge over thenorth inlet, where scores of thousands were constantly passing and repassing. From here a better ideaof the general exterior plan of the odd structure could be gained than from almost any other point,though the popular entrance was at the north side.
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