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Location

Eric Quezada Center for Culture and Politics
518 Valencia Street
(near 16th, one block from 16th Street BART and buses 14, 49, 22, Hoff Street Parking Garage is a block away. Venue is accessible.)

Price

Free

Hours

7:30 - 9:30 PM

Contact info

shaping@foundsf.org
shapingsf.org

Category

Panel Discussion

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  • Near BART
  • Near MUNI
  • Parking
  • Indoors

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Shaping San Francisco presents: On the 100th anniversary of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE), Gray Brechin and others discuss the relationship of world’s fairs to the idea of progress over time. How did the presentations at PPIE in their early 20th century context boost now long-held assumptions about progress and development through technological innovation and economic growth?

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