- FEATURES
The Parker Pen Pavilion's theme is "Peace Through Understanding
Through Writing." Its aim is to unite people throughout
the world in personal correspondence in an "International
Pen Friend Program" sponsored by Parker in cooperation with
the People-to-People organization
Exterior: Crisply modern, the building is of triple-roof
construction presented in a series of black and white intersecting
triangles. It reaches out 88 feet along the Promenade; the upper-most
point of its roof is 22 feet above the ground. Rising above a
slate floor, the building is a blend of brick, steel and wood.
Interior: The interior of the pavilion provides complete
writing stations where visitors are offered the opportunity to
write a note or card to a friend or relative back home. Displays
document the great written works of man.
Pen-friend names are stored and matched with visitors, upon
request, by an electronic computer, housed in the pavilion. The
computer then matches the data on the visitor with that of a
person abroad and prints the name and address of the foreign
correspondent on a special overseas postcard. Then all the Fair
visitor has to do is to write his first letter and mail. (Anyone
interested in joining the program and corresponding with a person
overseas can do so whether he attends the Fair or not. Information
on the program is obtained by writing to The Park Pen Company,
Janesville, Wisconsin.)
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