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Plan of the great building where the merchandise of the 

 world will be displayed, and where tradesmen, buyers 

 and patrons from out of town will meet to talk shop 



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THE steel work of a new 

 building which is to house 

 a world's fair now soars 

 high above New York's Great 

 White Way. Two million dol- 

 lars are being expended upon 

 the structure, and by Septem- 

 ber I , war or no war, it will be 

 Opened to visitors. The site is 

 Forty-Second Street, just a 

 few steps east of Broadway. 

 The building will be thirty 

 stories high. Twenty-eight of 

 these stories will be cut up into 

 booths lo X ID ft. in which will 

 be displayed the widest possible 

 variety of goods. Two other 

 stories will be furnished as 

 club rooms. The basement will 

 be given over to exhibits of 

 heavy machinery. 



The idea cogies from Irving 

 T. Bush, president of the Bush 

 Terminal Company. 



The accompanying drawing 

 is a graphic representation of 

 the structure's architecture, 

 and at the same time indicates, 

 in general, the way the space 

 will be allotted. Jewels and 

 ostrich plumes from Africa, 

 furs from Nome, hats and silks 

 from Paris, rugs from Turkey, 

 paintings from Florence, furni- 

 ture from Michigan, cotton 

 from Alabama, rubber from 

 South America, plows from 

 Massachusetts, tea and spices 

 from Ceylon, laces, toys, hard- 

 ware, shoes, books, gloves, trav- 

 eling bags, umbrellas — every- 

 thing from diamond dust to 

 traction engines will find a 

 place somewhere in this sky- 

 scraper fair building. 



The lower floors of the build- 

 ing are described as the "Buy- 

 ers' Club." They are to be 

 furnished with lounging rooms, 

 a buff^et lunch and a bar. The 

 reading room will have among 

 other features, an extensive 

 library of trade catalogs. The 

 exhibitors will have stenograph- 

 ic service at their disposal, 

 ticker tape news and informa- 

 tion on almost every subject. 



