. The San Diego garden fair; personal impressions of the architecture, sculpture, horticulture, color scheme & other aesthetic aspects of the Panama California International Exposition . n Diego has the typical expression of a spontaneouslygrown city, with the characteristic emphasis putupon the center by a number of tall buildings,surrounded by the tapering array of minordwellings, ultimately losing themselves in openspaces. There is a peculiarly different noteabout San Diego, with its freedom from excessiveindustrial activity. It is as if the city had beenchosen with regard for the mo
. The San Diego garden fair; personal impressions of the architecture, sculpture, horticulture, color scheme & other aesthetic aspects of the Panama California International Exposition . n Diego has the typical expression of a spontaneouslygrown city, with the characteristic emphasis putupon the center by a number of tall buildings,surrounded by the tapering array of minordwellings, ultimately losing themselves in openspaces. There is a peculiarly different noteabout San Diego, with its freedom from excessiveindustrial activity. It is as if the city had beenchosen with regard for the most manifold topo-graphical variation to be found, all within aclose range. The bay, a well-protected laguna,offers such a well-sheltered haven of refuge thatone has difficulty in discovering its union withthe blue waters of the Pacific, directly underthe protecting bluffs of Point Loma, towards thesouthwest. Point Loma reaches out like a strongarm into the open sea to shield the city from thenagging of the prevailing summer winds. Oppo-site San Diego on the small, protective tongue ofland which, together with the mainland formsthe harbor, the quaint architectural features of [34]. WEST BALCONY IN THE REFECTORY OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING THE BUILDINGS Coronado loom up, emphasizing the center ofanother small community. One recalls thepleasant warmth of its gentle waves, lapping atthe apparently interminable sand link, so poetic-ally called the Silver Thread. It is a mostbeautiful thread, a gently curving line of wonder-ful rhythmic grace. No violent action of theocean formed that line. It has all the qualityof slow and careful growth such as could havebeen possible only under a clime free from thestronger contrast of natures activities. Theplacid waters of the Pacific are not allowed tocontinue uninterruptedly towards the out in Mexican waters that boldly shapedrow of islands, the Coronado group, furnishes apicture of great fascination. Corpus ChristiIsland, towards
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