Model City

The Model City was a four-block area that showcased how an idea town could look like. This was an important attraction for city planners, officials as well as administrators and civilians. 1,200 feet of roadway featured ten different variations of paving.

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Buildings

Exhibits

• Automobile Charging Station
• Bank
• DeForrest Wireless Tower
• Drug Store
• Emergency Hospital
• Express Office
• Guild Hall (Scranton Correspondence School)
• Liquid Air Exhibit (British Royal Commission)
• Model Playground
• Official Photographer's Studio
• Parcel Checking Pavilion
• Police Station
• Press Building
• Town Hall
• United States War and Field Hospital
• Women's Anchorage Building

Municipal Exhibits

• Kansas City Casino
• New Jersey Road Exhibit
• New York City
• Twin Cities Museum
• San Francisco

Restaurants

• American Inn
• Behnke & Willmann Restaurant
• Bungalow Restaurant
• Fleischmann Restaurant
• Government Restaurant
• Rice Kitchen
• Voney's Quick Meal Restaurant