One Hundred Views Of The Pan American Exposition Buffalo And Niagara Falls With A Brief Descriptive Guide To These Great Attractions

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267634804
Total Pages : 86 pages
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Download or read book One Hundred Views of the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo and Niagara Falls written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from One Hundred Views of the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo and Niagara Falls: With a Brief Descriptive Guide to These Great Attractions The second stage, or lantern of the tower crown is in the form of a high circular colonnade, entirely open, so as to allow the effect of the sky to be seen between the column'.s A spiral staircase within the colonnade leads to the'iast stage of the tower, the cupola, over whose soaring dome is posed the superb figure of the Goddess of Light, in hammered brass thus dominating the entire Exposition, which owes so much to her generously exerted power. The entrance to the tower is across an ornamented bridge from the Plaza, on the north side. Elevators carry passengers to-the various floors which are de'v'oted to different purposes of the Expo sition, su'chas reception rooms, offices, restaurants, belvideres and amusement halls. A large restaurant and roof garden, at a height of 200 feet, gives the diner a broad and beautiful view of the Expo sition and the Surrounding landscape. From the cupola the eye can sweep the whole Niagara Frontier, and look far into Canada, beyond the majestic river that separates that country from the States. Sculpture plays an important part in the decoration of the Tower. Two magnificent monumental groups of statuary flank each of the four sides of the base. In the southern face of the tower is a mag nificent escutcheon, representing the arms and seal oi the United States. In the spandrel of the great arch are sculptures in high relief. The pavilions and wings are also richly decorated with sculptures and other architectural devices. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.