Show ford ex hibit at new york worlds fair iq w 1 V t 0 o W kw I 1 rep oed Z w t 13 L HE theme ot of the ford motor 1 THE companas Comp anys exhibit building at the new york worlds fair in 1939 will be prophetic of 0 the advances america may expect in transportation la in coming decades according to an announcement by edsel ford president 0 of the company based upon an exposition of the institutional character of 0 the ford company and the fundamental policies which have directed its growth during the past 35 years the fair exhibit will reach its climax in the road ot of tomorrow an elevated highway more than halt half a mile long rising upon a series of spiral ramps traversing the borders ot of a patio and finally circling the main building on a deep setback at the top of 0 the walls the exhibit in tour four rather distinct parts will include an entrance rotunda facing the main west gate a spacious manufacturing hall a patio with pools playing fountains and large rest areas and the elevated road from the west side ot of the patio steps will rise to a broad mezzanine there ford V 8 and lincoln zephyr cars will load passengers tor for the ride over the road of tomorrow from the loading platform the carswill cars wilf pass to the south enter the spiral ramps climbing to the upper level and following the elevated highway as it passes over the mezzanine west along the south wall of 0 manufacturing hall through a tunnel lined with photomurals photo murals thence circling the top of the building through a glass tunnel high in the rotunda down the ramp to the second level around the patio and back to the starting point at night flood lighting will fall upon the cars as they circle the highway high on an the walls of manufacturing fac turing hall playing moving shadows on the building walls I 1 in full sight of the whole fair grounds the building will occupy the highest location on the grounds it will be decorated in white red and blue and will be floodlighted flood lighted at night |