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Show Prize Design for Modern Airport lf f ... 1,. , U vh&UX UULLXA heap, : S "Vi, " -i S. ,.'" """"''Jl as litinn i ii in i ii Tin i ti i in ruini- 'mini' ii mi in. ii i i-Tiiiiiw urn rirst prize of $5,000.00 In the Lehigh Airports Competition wa won by A. C. Zimmerman and William H. Harrison, associated architects and engl-neers engl-neers of Los Angelea, Califs for this conception of a modern airport to aerva typical American city. Prises totaling f 10.200.00 were awarded by the Lehigh Le-high Portland Cement company In this contest, the first of Its kind held In the United States. This design concentrates all of the buildings la one corner of a rectangular field, leaving a quadrant shaped Dying area with appropriate runwaya and taxi strips. A Una passenger terminal building with underground access to loading and unloading points is flanked by hangars at the edge of the flying area, with automobile parking spices, a hotel, recreation building, ahopa, and amusement concessions arranged In a triangular park. j |