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The fair was designed with a low profile in contrast with Manhattan skyline. It was only broken by a few buildings including the Trylon, which was the highest structure (Appelbaum xii) The designers wanted to avoid the public feeling of ‘excess’ described in the 1933 Chicago Fair (Appelbaum xii). In accordance with the sleek design, replicas of historical buildings & excessive traditional designs were forbidden except in Governmentt Zone (Appelbaum xii) Most architects followed the Board of Design building scheme, but put a spin on it, using slight variations such as using native materials in state or foreign buildings wanted to avoid the public feeling of ‘excess’ described in the 1933 Chicago Fair (Appelbaum xiii). to acheieve this color was carefully planned. The Trylon, Perisphere & immediate surrounding area (theme center) would be white. Constitution Mall would be reds (getting darker i.e. rose to burgundy). The Avenue of Patriots would be yellow to deep gold. Finally, the Avenue of Pioneers would be blue to dark ultramarine (Appelbaum xiii).
Overall, there were very few windows. This was due to loss of exhibition space and the heat it would generate in the summer(Appelbaum xii). Lighting was carefully planned. Floodlighting was allowed only in the Perisphere. New white fluorescent street lighting, and special effects such as high-intensity mercury capillary lamps unter trees to make them glow green were used in new ways (Appelbaum xiii). The lagoon and lake were created in marshy areas that would have been difficult to fill in (Appelbaum xiv). |