. Book of the Royal blue . g is .a model of graceand beauty and has a prominent pine on thewestern arm of the main traiisM rse avenueof the Exposition. The north taeade of thispalace stretches east and west 1,000 feetand has a magnificent center jjavilionffanked by two great towers, the topmostpinnacle (if which reaches skvward southern ta,-ade is by fourornate turrets. Ihe east has a tallmassive center pavilion .iOO feet long,flanked by two short curtains of lower ele-vation conforming to those on the northfacade and teiTninating in the ornate cornertower
. Book of the Royal blue . g is .a model of graceand beauty and has a prominent pine on thewestern arm of the main traiisM rse avenueof the Exposition. The north taeade of thispalace stretches east and west 1,000 feetand has a magnificent center jjavilionffanked by two great towers, the topmostpinnacle (if which reaches skvward southern ta,-ade is by fourornate turrets. Ihe east has a tallmassive center pavilion .iOO feet long,flanked by two short curtains of lower ele-vation conforming to those on the northfacade and teiTninating in the ornate cornertowers. The western facade, .SOO feet long,has two corner i)avilions surmounted with mo gr Tw, there and in pointed turretsbearing long and slen,h-r flagstalts. Thesemassive ))iers and tin- corner carrythe three great archways, eacli forty-eightfeet wide. The main entrance in the northfacade presents an arcade of five bays, themassive ]jiers of whicli are higldy ornate. MAGNIFICENT ..- 1 j^3i^> MAGNIFICENT ARCHITECTURE. 21 Above the three central bajs rises an attieafeature accentuated by pairs of Corinthiancolumns, between which are three largepanels. The Palace of Machinery presentson each side an entirely dissimilar designand contour, and this is owing to thearchitects plan of departing from the rec-tangular shapes adopted in the otherexhibit jialaces in the main picture. Thusthe building possesses a diversity of archi-tectural features not accorded to any of theother great buildings. Tlie Palace of Transportation is 1,300 feetlong by 525 feet wide, and covers over fif-teen acres. It cost more than $700, facades show an admirable adaptionof the French Renaissance style of archi-tecture. On the east and west fronts aretliree enormous arches, taking up more thanone-half the entire facade. Each arch issixty-four feet wide and fifty-two feet decoration is found principally in theimpressive massing of large details, an
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