. The San Diego garden fair; personal impressions of the architecture, sculpture, horticulture, color scheme & other aesthetic aspects of the Panama California International Exposition . r absolute quiet, for a buen retiro, mustfollow the driveway El Paseo, which leadsto the south gate. Here we find the PepperGrove, which to the easterner has more charmthan to the Californian, who is well acquaintedwith the unmanageable forms of this delicatelyleaved tree. The Pepper Grove offers absolutequiet and plenty of shade where one can rest,or move over to the edge and bask in the sunand inhale the ref
. The San Diego garden fair; personal impressions of the architecture, sculpture, horticulture, color scheme & other aesthetic aspects of the Panama California International Exposition . r absolute quiet, for a buen retiro, mustfollow the driveway El Paseo, which leadsto the south gate. Here we find the PepperGrove, which to the easterner has more charmthan to the Californian, who is well acquaintedwith the unmanageable forms of this delicatelyleaved tree. The Pepper Grove offers absolutequiet and plenty of shade where one can rest,or move over to the edge and bask in the sunand inhale the refreshing breezes which blow infrom the sea. Soon the sun will have dipped into the oceanbehind Point Loma, and the Exposition presentsitself at night in a new appeal. There is nonew experimentation in evidence here in thefield of lighting. The historical style so consis-tently followed demanded lantern brackets andvisible sources of light, which have all beendistributed without any effect of confusion orannoyance. The Exposition at night, with ablack-blue sky above, is full of mystery andenchantment. The long, low-ceilinged arcadesseem twice as long at night, in their endless [74]. THE PAN FOUNTAIN THE GARDEN ASPECTS rhythm of arches. Shadows are everywhere,but never a feeUng of unsafeness steals upon heavy ornamentation of the buildings castscurious shadow-faces on the walls and thedeeply-set windows become dark notes on thelarge open surfaces. It is the picture of amediaeval city rather than of a modern Expo-sition. One looks for figures in historical dress,for Romeos and Juliets, but they do not appear,and the modern lover and his lady fair furnishmany conventional substitutes. It is a fineplace to be at night, since the problem of a safereturn to the city through undesirable quartersdoes not exist. A broad thread of light leadsback your way to the city by the sea. Thegreat tower is a blaze of light, reaching boldlyinto the sky, not only for this but for all futuregen
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