The Pan-American Exposition of 1901

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It is now eighteen months before the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo will open its gates to the coming flow of visitors, and all will surely be surprised to see what has been accomplished in so short a time. Within a few months the Pan-American Exposition Company has secured large appropriations and subscriptions, which have enabled the fair to be put upon a solid basis. New York State has appropriated 800,000. It is now assured that the countries of South and Central America will make large appropriations and will erect splendid buildings. It was first proposed to have the Exposition in 1899, but the Spanish-American war caused a change in plan, with the result that the whole scheme has greatly broadened and increased. The selected tract of land which the buildings will occupy embraces about335 acres of the finest section of the city, 180 acres being the show portion of Delaware Park, the handsomest subdivision of Buffalo's very complete and handsome park system. To reach this ideal spot it is necessary to traverse the finest residential section of the city, which is noted far and wide for the beauty of its homes and the magnificence of its avenues and boulevards. Some idea of what is being done can be obtained by reference to the current number of the SUPPLEMENT, which contains four large illustrations showing Machinery and Transportation, Graphic Arts and Forestry Buildings, and also the Plaza. For architectural splendor it will bear favorable comparison with the Chicago Exposition of 1893.

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