Panama–Pacific International Exposition grounds

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The Panama–Pacific International Exposition grounds were the expansive fairgrounds in San Francisco that hosted the 1915 world's fair celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal and the city’s recovery from the 1906 earthquake.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf exposition site
fairgrounds
area approximately 635 acres
constructionMaterial staff (plaster) cladding
wood framing
containedStructure Court of the Four Seasons
Court of the Universe
Festival Hall
Fine Arts Lagoon
Joy Zone amusement area
Palace of Education
surface form: Palace of Education and Social Economy

Palace of Fine Arts
Palace of Food Products
Palace of Horticulture
Palace of Liberal Arts
Palace of Machinery
Palace of Machinery
surface form: Palace of Mines and Metallurgy

Palace of Transportation
Palace of Machinery
surface form: Palace of Varied Industries

South Gardens
Tower of Jewels
designedBy Bernard Maybeck
George Kelham
surface form: George W. Kelham

Henry Bacon
John Galen Howard
Jules Guerin NERFINISHED
Louis Christian Mullgardt NERFINISHED
featured elaborate night-time illumination
extensive formal gardens
temporary plaster-and-staff buildings
hadArchitecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
Spanish Colonial Revival
fantasy architecture
neoclassical
hostedEvent Panama–Pacific International Exposition
laterRedevelopedAs Marina District residential neighborhood
Marina Green
surface form: Marina Green parkland

part of the Presidio and Crissy Field area
legacyStructureRemainingOnSite Palace of Fine Arts
locatedAlong San Francisco Bay
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

San Francisco
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedInNeighborhood Marina District
mostStructuresDemolished after the exposition closed in 1915
openedForUse 1915
purpose to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal
to host the 1915 world’s fair
to showcase San Francisco’s recovery from the 1906 earthquake and fire
stretchedFrom Fort Mason
stretchedTo Presidio of San Francisco
surface form: the Presidio

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Fountain of Energy locatedIn Panama–Pacific International Exposition grounds