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The California Pacific International Exposition was an exposition held in San Diego, California during May 29, 1935–November 11, 1935 and February 12, 1936–September 9, 1936. The exposition was held at the site of the earlier 1915 Panama-California Exposition in San Diego's large, urban Balboa Park. A Worlds Fair is any of various large expositions held since the mid 19th century. ... Nickname: Americas Finest City Motto: Official website: http://www. ... May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Panama-California Exposition was an exposition held in San Diego, California between January 1, 1915 and January 1, 1917. ... Desert garden Museum Botanic building Balboa Park is a 1,200 acres (4. ...

Exposition

The reason the Exposition was held was to promote San Diego. The exposition was a success due to careful planning and employee training, with arrangements for restaurants, theatres, security, transportation, and other important details.

The exposition had hundreds of exhibits in history, arts, science, and industry. Some exhibits were unusual, such as Zorine, Queen of the Nudists or the 1 ton (900 kg.) Mechnical Man, and some were not-so-scientific, such as the Lost Continent of Mu.

Architecture

The architecture of buildings from the 1915 fair was Spanish Colonial Revival Style architecture, while the few new buildings added in the 1935 fair were the more sterile Vernacular Style, but with interesting Art Deco touches, such as murals. Exotic landscaping was planted around the buildings. The newer buildings are northwest of the original buildings. The Spanish Colonial Revival Style was an architectural movement that came about in the early 20th century after the opening of the Panama Canal and the overwhelming success of the novel Ramona. ... Vernacular architecture a term from academic architecture to categorize structures built outside of academic tradition. ... Asheville City Hall. ...

Statistics

The Exposition took ten months to bulid. It attracted 7,220,000 visitors during its 377 days of operation. Visitors brought US$ 37,700,000 to San Diego. It employeed 2700 people, half of them Federal relief workers. The cost was US$ 20,000,000. Admission was 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children 2-11.

Four restaurants provided meals: Cafe of the World, Palisades Cafe, Spanish Kitchens, and the Pioneer Days Restaurant.

Twenty-one nations participated: Argentina, British Empire, Chile, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Germany, Honduras, Irish Free State, Italy, Japan, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, Sweden, Uruguay, United States, Yugoslavia, and one unknown. The British Empire was, at one time, the foremost global power, and the most extensive empire in the history of the world. ... The Irish Free State (Irish: Saorstát Éireann) was (1922–1937) the name of the state comprising the 26 of Irelands 32 counties which were separated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Irish Free State Agreement (or Anglo-Irish Treaty) signed by British and... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages, in Macedonian and Serbian Cyrillic Југославија) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ...

Legacy

Park improvements amounted to US$ 6,000,000. The exposition was so popular that some buildings were rebuilt to be made more permanent. Many buildings or reconstructed versions remain in use today, and are used by several museums and theatres in Balboa Park.

In the early 1960s destruction of a few of the buildings and replacement by modern, clashing buildings created an uproar in San Diego. A Committee of One Hundred was formed by citizens to protect the park buildings. The convinced the City Council to require new buildings to be built in Spanish Colonial Revival Style and worked with various government agencies to have the remaining buildings declared as a National Historic Landmark in 1978. In the late 1990s, the most deterioriated buildings and burnt buildings were rebuilt.

See also

• California Pacific International Exposition Official Guide; Souvenir Program and Picture Book. 84 pages.

External links

• "Do You Want an Exposition? San Diego's 1935 Fair in Photographs", 'The Journal of San Diego History 31:4 (Fall 1985) by Larry and Jane Booth
• California Pacific Exposition San Diego 1935-1936 History by Richard Amero (San Diego Historical Society)