Art souvenir World's Columbian exposition and views of Chicago . EHECTHlCAIi BUmDlflG. THE building covers a space of 700 by 350 feet, or more than five and one-half acres. It is60 feet high, and ornamented with designs suggestive of the department. It is one of thehandsomest of the grand central group, and will cost $650,000. There will be four entrances tothe building, the main one on the south. It will be built of a material resembling granite incolor. A statue of Franklin will rise conspicuously before the south entrance. ~:JML ^^SK1?. TRANSPORTATION BUILDING. THHNSPO^TflTIO^l SOlUDlflG. T
Art souvenir World's Columbian exposition and views of Chicago . EHECTHlCAIi BUmDlflG. THE building covers a space of 700 by 350 feet, or more than five and one-half acres. It is60 feet high, and ornamented with designs suggestive of the department. It is one of thehandsomest of the grand central group, and will cost $650,000. There will be four entrances tothe building, the main one on the south. It will be built of a material resembling granite incolor. A statue of Franklin will rise conspicuously before the south entrance. ~:JML ^^SK1?. TRANSPORTATION BUILDING. THHNSPO^TflTIO^l SOlUDlflG. THE Transportation Building is one of the group forming the northern or picturesquequadrangle. The main building of the transportation exhibit measures 960 feet front by 256feet deep; from this will extend westward to Stoney Island Avenue a triangular annex coveringabout nine acres, and consisting of one-story buildings 64 feet wide, set side by side. Theexhibits to be placed in the building will naturally include everything of whatsoever name orsort devoted to purposes of transportation, and will range from a baby carriage to a mogulengine.
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