Preliminary Summary Report: United States Bicentennial World Exposition, Boston 1976, New Community for Boston (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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I.a. Successful expositions of the past have understood the problems and opportunities of their time and have moulded the two into a statement and a direction for the future. The Crystal Pa lace of London's l85l Exposition was prophetic in its use of prefabricated materials for tlexi bility, economy and expediency. It also brought together for the first time all classes of society in a single space for a common purpose and further laid a foundation for future European cooperation. Paris's l889 celebration, incorporating the latest design and engineering tech nioues, became the first to integrate separate buildings into a single urban complex and left the city a permanent legacy in the Eiffel Tower. Subseouent development on the same site for the I937 exposition demon~ s'trated the potential of the exposition as a generator of urban form. The banks of the Siene, crossing the axis of the Eiffel Tower were lined with buildings and pedestrian ways calculated to anticipate development and direct its growth. In Chicago in l893 impressive innovations in design and planning controls resulted in a coherent, balanced though asymetric plan that was visually harmonious, architecturally unified and under standable.

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