tirely too large to fit in the Lindell building, so the Academy was forced 
to seek another location in which to exhibit it. Eventually, the city 
allowed the animals to be shown in a portion of the Old World’s Fair 
Pavilion in Forest Park, where they remained for several years.?° 
Taking over the pavilion in Forest Park was a stop-gap measure. 
In 1956 the Academy building committee recommended a more per- 
manent solution: sell the Lindell Building and use the proceeds to help 
finance the construction of a ‘small museum . . . which would contain 
an auditorium, and which would also double the present museum 
space.’’?! The Academy decided to take action on at least part of this 
recommendation, and in September, it sold the Lindell building for 
$82,050.22 
With the sale of the Lindell building, the Academy was once again 
without a home, but not for long. Within two years the organization 
would put down its roots again—starting a new era of cultural activities 
and public service. 
