The Diary: Pan American Expo

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	A sem - circular collonnade faced on Elmwood Avenue along the beautiful
	Drive.  Above this on a high terrace overlooking the beautiful PARK
	LAKE stood the handsome New York State Building of white marble. Upon
	the clear waters fo the Lake several large,white,graceful swans were
	swimming. The New York State Building was patterned after a Greek
	Temple of ancient days. This building still stands as it did at the 
	time of the Exposition.  It is now the property of the Buffalo Historical 
	Society.

		At the entrance to the grounds, programmes were waved in our
	faces by uniformed boys,who were all anxious for a sale,souuvenirs etx.

		On the payment of 25 and 50 cents a person, we passed through a 
	turnstile into the grounds. Directly in front of us lay the Horicultural
	Exhibits or the Flower Gardens. Winding here and there,were smooth
	gravel walks about green lawns & beds of bright flowers.

		In the center of the Gardens stood a large stature called
	" T H E  C H A R I O T  R A C E ". This represented a man standing in
	a chariot tilted upon one wheel to which three wild horses were attach-
	ed.  the man seemed to be madly urging the horses on. About the base
	of the statue were small round bay trees and at the corners tall
	pointed ones, and in the center clusters of pretty rose colored, white