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English: DIANA, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. (Karl Bitter.) FIRE UNCONTROLLED, SOUTH ENTRANCE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING(Karl Bitter.)

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Title: The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: White, Trumbull, 1868-1941 Igleheart, William, (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Publisher: Philadelphia and St. Louis, P.W. Ziegler & co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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WAR, ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. (Karl Bitter.) who have the burden of the responsibility on their shoulders. Thebuilding contains no exhibits, except as the decorations of painting ADMINISTRATION. 79 and sculpture are exhibits for the visitors to the building itself.But its commanding position in the most favorable location withinthe grounds, and its magnificent architectural proportions, com-bined with its official importance, act to make it the most prom-inent of all the buildinors of the Fair, and to secure for it the
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DIANA, ADMINISTRAIDION BUII.DING. (^Karl Bitter.) FIRE UNCON,TROI.I,KD, SOUTH EN-TRANCE ADMINISTRATION BUII.DING(Karl Bitter.) encomiums of architectural experts for its beauty and perfection.Such a structure is worthy of extended description. The Administration Building stands in the centre of the GrandPlaza, and is at the same time the centre of the architectural features So ADMINISTRATION. of the Fair. This Plaza is a great open space, rectangular, andbounded on the north by the Mines and Electricity Buildings,on the west by the terminal railway station, and on the south bythe Machinery Hall. Its eastward aspect is toward the Lake, but between the Plaza and LakeMichigan lie the clear watersof the Grand Basin, centralfeature of the Lagoon systemas the Plaza is of the land-scape system. The view lake-wards over the Basin passesfirst the McMonnies fountain,one of the most beautiful orna-ments of the Exposition, andthe electric fountains, withtheir sprays of rainbow-coloredwater. Then

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