. Cutler's guide to Niagara Falls, and adjacent points of interest. --. shrubs, canals, lagoons and cascades. Instead of being severelyclassical, the buildings will be classical in spirit, using the col-umns and entablatures, not for architectural effect, but decorativefeatures. The red tile roofs of the buildings will show a semi-southern effect, with broad, overhanging eaves, supported byluacUets, which will throw (]uaint shadows. Along the exterior surface all color possible will be used. There will be color as afiat surface, and on that flat surface color as an ornament. Agreat deal of scu
. Cutler's guide to Niagara Falls, and adjacent points of interest. --. shrubs, canals, lagoons and cascades. Instead of being severelyclassical, the buildings will be classical in spirit, using the col-umns and entablatures, not for architectural effect, but decorativefeatures. The red tile roofs of the buildings will show a semi-southern effect, with broad, overhanging eaves, supported byluacUets, which will throw (]uaint shadows. Along the exterior surface all color possible will be used. There will be color as afiat surface, and on that flat surface color as an ornament. Agreat deal of sculpture will be introduced, partly figures andpartly decorative. It is proposed, on a formal outline or com-position, to obtain a very gay and brilliant detail as comparedto the Worlds Fair. .-Xt Chicago in 1S93, architecture was tlie (S6). broad effect. In Buffalo tlie effect will be in detail, to avoidmonotony and obtain novelty and attractiveness. Tlie chief buildings of the Exposition will be those devotedto Manufactures. 350 x 500 feet : Machinery and Transportationthe same size : Electricity, 150x500 feet; Agriculture tfie samesize ; Horticulture, Forestry and Mines, Graphic Arts and Ethnology, of somewhat smaller dimensions. Tlie UnitedStates Government will liave a fine group of buildings. TheNew York State building will be a permanent structure, andafter the Exposition will become the home of the Buffalo His-torical Society ; and the Art Gallery, donated by J. J. Albright,a prominent citizen, will also be a permanent building. There
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