The San Diego and San Francisco Expositions 
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than either of those memorable displays. 
Though you may have seen many expositions 
you have encountered none like this red-tiled, 
white-walled city set amid luxurious semi-tropical 
vegetation and flanked on one side by a deeply 
incised arroyo, and on the other by the azure 
expanse of the sea. On crossing the majestic 
Puente Caballo you enter the Plaza de California, 
or California Quadrangle, the architecture of 
which furnishes the keynote of the "'exposition . 
To the left is the California Building, which exem- 
plifies the cathedral type, to the right is the Fine 
Arts Building, w T hich conforms to the better- 
It is impossible not to respond to the seductive 
flavour and opulent fancy of such an offering as 
confronts one at Balboa Park. Climatic condi- 
tions royalty concur in assisting the architect to 
the utmost. Almost every conceivable flower, 
plant and tree here attains unwanted magnifi- 
cence. The sun is brilliant but does not burn, 
and the close proximity of the sea softens and 
freshens the atmosphere without undue prepon- 
derance ot moisture. Proceed along the acacia- 
lined Prado which constitutes the main axis of the 
general plan, stroll under the cloisters, linger in 
the patios, or follow one of the countless calcadas 
VIEW FROM THE LAGUNA DE CABALLO 
known Mission style. These structures are per- 
manent, and are not only a credit to the exposition 
and the municipal authorities, but reveal in new 
and congenial light the varied talent of their 
designer, Mr. Bertram G. Goodhue. At San 
Diego you have in brief something that at once 
strikes a picturesque and appropriate note. The 
remaining buildings which, with the exception of 
the Music Pavilion, are the creation of Mr. Frank 
P. Allen, Jr., all continue the Spanish-Colonial 
motif with conspicuous success. None of them 
is in the least out of harmony with the general en- 
semble, and there is not one that does not display 
uncommon capacity for the assimilation and adap- 
tation of this singularly effective architectural style. 
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or pathways skirting the crest of the hill, and you < 
will exp - rience the sensation of being in the gar- a 
dens of a typical Mexican mission. The mind i 
indeed travels even farther back — back to the ;! 
Alcazar of Sevilla, the Generalife, and to remote 
and colourful Byzantium. Unlike most of it 5 
predecessors, the San Diego Exposition does not ; 
convey an impression of impermanency. The 
luxuriance of the floral and arboreal accompani- . 
ments, of course, help to dispel any such feeling r 
Yet behind this is a distinct sense of inevitabilh !i 
which derives from the fact that here is something i 
which is at one with the land and its people-"'- 
visible expression of the collective soul of the 1 1 
Southwest. 
