New York at the Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia, April 26 to December 1, 1907 . a prince or an admiral of some foreign nation. The building was not so close to the water, where the wavesdashed against a palisade in refreshing cadence during the heatedterm, but that it was possible to beautify the intervening land andmake of it a most pleasing foreground and setting. There was astretch of about one hundred feet, which skilled gardeners convertedinto a lawn, set in which, as well as ranged along the border of thepiazza, were flower beds of brilliant cannae and beautiful foliageplants of
New York at the Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia, April 26 to December 1, 1907 . a prince or an admiral of some foreign nation. The building was not so close to the water, where the wavesdashed against a palisade in refreshing cadence during the heatedterm, but that it was possible to beautify the intervening land andmake of it a most pleasing foreground and setting. There was astretch of about one hundred feet, which skilled gardeners convertedinto a lawn, set in which, as well as ranged along the border of thepiazza, were flower beds of brilliant cannae and beautiful foliageplants of a number of varieties. The Commission had appointed Mr. Clarence Luce of NewYork city its architect, based on the excellent results he had achievedin designing the Massachusetts Building for the Centennial at Phila-delphia in 1876, the New York State Building for the St. LouisExposition in 1904, and the brilliant Court of Honor at the ParisExposition in 1900. The particular style of architecture adopted was Colonial ofthe early American period, modified by an Italian feeling. The 31. i> ® M a El a ru I 4 4 u ii o ^ w
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