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The
Palace of Fine Arts, with its crumbling dome
and enduring Corinthian columns, is a remnant of the 1915 Panama-Pacific
International Exposition, when the City hosted nations in the Marina. With
the Exposition San Francisco trumpeted its rise from the ashes of the 1906
quake and fire. The structure was designed by Berkeley architect Bernard
Maybeck and was intended to be temporary. It was rebuilt in the 1960s. More
than a symbol, today the Palace of Fine Arts is a tranquil park replete
with natural beauty. The lagoon here is favored by many ducks
and swans, in addition to some amorous turtles.
By 2002, a new renovation of the Palace of Fine Arts was sorely needed,
both in the dome and along it's disintegrating
walkway. Gone
now after a beautiful restoration, a hideous
chain link fence was a temporary safety
measure. The needed repairs to the lagoon
were underway in August, 2005.
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