On this day in 1915 the Exposition Auditorium was opened to the public. Commissioned by the Exposition Company, the building was constructed from steel and stone to be a permanent gift to the City of San Francisco. ... Read More >
Nordstjernan, the enduring and enduringly popular newspaper for Swedish-Americans, is celebrating the Centennial of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition with a series of articles remembering the Swedish and Swedish-American contributions to the Fair. ... Read More >
Last year Laura Ackley, Historian and author of San Francisco’s Jewel City: The Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915 gave a lecture at the California Historical Society on the history of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. The full lecture will air on American History TV (CSPAN-3) this Saturday (January 10th) at 6:10 PST. ... Read More >
Christopher Reynolds and the Los Angeles Times explore how San Francisco and San Diego were shaped by their rival 1915 expositions: ... Read More >
In 1913 Oakland resident Louis Mac Dermot commissioned a miniature railway to help convey visitors to and through the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. ... Read More >
The Market Street Railway – a nonprofit dedicated to preserving historic transit in San Francisco – remembers the original F-line, which opened 100 years ago today. ... Read More >
Designed to coincide with the SFAI seminar Bohemian Rhapsodies: 1871–1915, the program presents an exhibition (Monday, March 9 – Saturday, March 21) of projects inspired by the artistic community that established itself leading up to the Panama Pacific International Exposition. The project will include an exhibition of period-inspired projects and a curated selection of archival images. A salon-style opening reception, with performances spilling out into the courtyard, will celebrate the exhibition and the launch of a publication of essays by emerging scholars. ... Read More >
San Francisco, Calif. (Dec. 3, 2014) – Today, Mayor Edwin M. Lee joined with business, civic and community leaders to launch PPIE100, a yearlong celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE). The PPIE was the 1915 World’s Fair celebrating the completion of the Panama Canal and showcasing host city San Francisco, which emerged from the ashes of earthquake and fire as a center of beauty, progress, and innovation. ... Read More >
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. November 20, 2014 — As part of a yearlong citywide Centennial celebration, which launches on February 20, 2015, Heyday and the California Historical Society are publishing a new book, San Francisco’s Jewel City: The Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915, written by Bay area architectural historian and author Laura Ackley. ... Read More >
November 6, 2014 – San Francisco, CA: The San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival will celebrate the centennial of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 2015 with a series of world dance and music performances and events from February to December. The annual, month-long Festival in June will serve as the celebration’s centerpiece, and will be set in the only grand structure remaining from the historic 1915 world’s fair, the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre. ... Read More >
