Show TOMORROWS CITY WILL BE COLORFUL SAYS FAIR BUILDERS the drab aspect of the average american Atner ican city so to the visitor who enters by train through the backyard districts will be obliterated in ili tomorrows world say experts who are experimenting with a lavish timid hand in ili the use of murals at the new york worlds ra fair air 1939 until today the american architect has dealt chiefly with form mid and has given little attention to the outward appearance of the business buildings and apartments a part ments squared to even dimensions and standing like childrens blocks upon a polished floor the now new york worlds fair will be the first exhibit of what can be lone in utilizing color in a score or of mediums such as stucco aluminum copper brass stainless steel bakelite aud and even linoleum the flat expanse ex lof dull brick walls wall s will disappear in iii the fut future tire expositions offer a flold field for the imaginative architect each of the fprmer former national fairs beginning wath chicago in ill 1893 has blis influenced one ea tile the builders but never neer before lias has one been designed with a definite d e finite exterior color scheme the prismatic plan the believe will point the way to the general use of a spot of color in construction color zones similar to the bands of the rainbow bave been fixed on oil one side of the grounds yellow will dominate and on the other side olde iolue in between will be graduations from yellow to orange 1 to red to violet to blue murals will be used to provide color relief and accent and enhance the beauty of sheer wall expansions with designs they will be as effective by night as by day alny as illumination tion avill tile the natural n aur a I 1 ool 00 I 1 or effects many of the murals are of impressive di in C n so I 1 i is r ranging a ng ng up to feet in length and 60 feet in height |