The City of New York had its own building, designed by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. Square-cut and rather severe, it had no windows except in the roof, and its blank walls suggested an ancient temple. Lee Lawrie of the Yale Art School carved the four Indian figures at the entrance. It covered 104 by 150 feet, with some 15,000 square feet of floor laid out in crossing aisles and twelve galleries lit from above.
It was, Todd said, a municipal exposition in itself. It showed the city's planning, docks, bridges and public works. At the center stood a model of the city, 18 by 28 feet, on rails, so it could be rolled aside each afternoon and the concourse turned into a cinema. Birch Burdette Long's paintings showed New York in 1715, 1815 and 1915. The manuscript of Washington's Farewell Address was on show.
It was without windows, except in the roof, and its solid, unpierced walls had something of the aspect of an ancient temple.
Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (1921), p. 341
At a glance
- Covered 104 by 150 feet; about 15,000 sq ft of floor.
- About $100,000 appropriated by New York City.
- Dedicated April 6, 1915.
Afterward
Not recorded; presumably auctioned and wrecked.
Where it stood
City of New York Building stood at about 37.80473 N, 122.45097 W on today's map. The whole fairground over the city →
Sources
- Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (1921), ch. LVIII, p. 318
- Frank Morton Todd, The Story of the Exposition, vol. III (1921), ch. LXIV, pp. 341-345
- Official Guide of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915), p. 58