Petroleum Exhibit—San Francisco, Panama-Pacific International Exposition

1915 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-260
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
International Exposition

scholarly journals Let There Be a Firmament in the Midst of the Waters

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-136
Author(s):  
Brock Winstead
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
San Francisco Bay ◽  
World's Fair ◽  
Golden Gate ◽  
Design History ◽  
International Exposition ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Treasure Island

Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay was created to host the Golden Gate International Exposition, a World’s Fair, in 1939-40. The fair was an expression of an idealized order of both design and international relations. Neither survived much longer than the fair itself. The author considers the creation and re-creation of Treasure Island and the problem of building for an uncertain, ultimately unknowable future. This article is a critical appreciation of Andrew Shanken’s Into the Void Pacific, a design history of the fair.

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