Our next building, the Manufactures and Liberal Arts
Building, is 4 acres of tawny brown, blue and gold colors. Its 175,000
square feet is larger than our 21st century Target Stores (126,000),
Tops International on Maple Rd in Amherst (114,000), upstairs at the
Convention Center (64,400), or the Agric-Center at the Erie County Fairgrounds
which is 50,000 square feet. Think of 4 acres of exhibit space. And
an overflow building across the canal. It is an inclusive undertaking
with divisions for food, manufactures, education, social agencies, public
sanitation, and almost anything else. There are even big models of the
proposed canal across the Central American isthmus, one route showing
a Panama Canal and the other a Nicaragua Canal. |