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- The exception of the Palace of Fine Arts; the citizens of San Francisco felt it was just too beautiful to destroy. Consistent with his design concept, Maybeck had intended that the Palace should just fall into ruin, and so it did for a long time. In the ensuing years the building was used for a variety of purposes.
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Sep 22, 2017 · Saving the Palace of Fine Arts meant partially demolishing it and then reconstruction with better materials. This photo ran Oct. 18, 1964. Gordon Peters/The Chronicle. When the...
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Conceived to evoke a decaying ruin of ancient Rome, [1] the Palace of Fine Arts became one of San Francisco's most recognizable landmarks. [8] Early 2009 marked the completion of a renovation of the lagoons and walkways and a seismic retrofit .
However, the Palace of Fine Arts was never destined to have the same fate as the other buildings of the PPIE. In 1959 Assemblyman Caspar Weinberger led the effort to completely restore the Palace. Public and private funding efforts were underway, but it seemed the goal was just beyond reach.
Mar 21, 2017 · A "furious fire" erupted during restoration in June of 1965, causing an estimated $80,000 in damage, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report. Today it serves as a tourist attraction...
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The Palace of Fine Arts was built as a temporary exhibition space for the1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, a world fairthat gave the city a chance to celebrate the construction of the Panama Canal as well as SF’s recovery from the 1906 earthquake. Architect Bernard R. Maybeck designed the Palace of Fine Arts as a decaying Roman ruin sit...
Artworks and pieces on display included the Southern Pacific Railroad’sfirst steam locomotive, the Liberty Bell on loan from Philadelphia, and the435-foot-tall Tower of Jewels, which was adorned with thousands of sparkling glass gems. The 9-month exposition also provided an interesting snapshot of thepublic’s attitudes towards indigenous population...
The Palace of Fine Arts made famous cameos throughout the years in films like Vertigo (1958), The Rock (1996), Bicentennial Man (1999), and The Room (2003); and in series including Monk and Sense8.
Feb 20, 2015 · The entirety of the Palace of Fine Arts was supposed to meet its doom at the end of the fair like all the others. But instead it was saved from demolition by the Palace Preservation League ...
Mar 27, 2015 · Though many magnificent structures were destroyed, a campaign to save the Palace of Fine Arts had begun even before the PPIE closed. “Bernard Maybeck’s Palace of Fine Arts was just considered such a masterpiece—the building spoke to people—and they didn’t want to see it demolished,” says Garcia.
