Third part of the story...
Main structure and dome of
the Horticulture Building.
The admirable features of
the Horticultural Building's architecture to be considered were lost
to the eye of many for the double reason that its chief attractions
were near the center and were to an extent lost in a view of the
structure as a whole, and that the space between the Horticulture
Building and the West Lagoon was but the width of a roadway and
prevented the observer from going a sufficient distance away from the
structure to perceive its idea in its entirety. Practically, the only
proper point of appreciative observation of the Horticulture Building
was on then Wooded Island, and from this point, because of the
intevening shrubbery, very few photographs were taken. In the
accompanying illustration one of these views is reproduced and shows
the vast dome of the edifice with all the architectural affects
supporting it. They appear, certainly, to advantage under present
circumstances.
The great symmetry of the whole appeals to the eye
event of those untrained to the criticism of architectural effects.
Approaching its main portal only by the parallel highway, many
thousands who entered the great structure failed to realize the
beauty of its facade. Here just what that beauty was is indicated.
Taken alone, with the connecting curtains and the great end
structures swept away, the Horticulture Building might haver become
even more noted than it did as one of the architectural marvels of
the Fair and one fully up to the standard of the great works beyond
it. It was pleasant thing to look upon.
The City of Palaces Album,
1893.
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