Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco
April 19, 2009 by Mary Jo Manzanares
Filed under Home & Living
For over 90 years, the Palace of Fine Arts has been a part of the history and culture of San Francisco. Originally designed for the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition, to celebrate the completion of construction on the Panama Canal, it was also a way for San Francisco to come back after its infamous 1906 earthquake and fire. It is representative of classic Roman and Greek Architecture, complete with a rotunda, stately columns and adjacent lagoon.
After the Exposition closed, the Palace of Fine Arts went through numerous “lives” before eventually becoming part of the San Francisco Park System. It fell …read more




