Tourmaline, thanks for the photographs of the
Southwest Expo.
Here's a map I thought you all might like to see.
kenblog
1 - Entrance Dome; 2 - Cafeteria; 3 - Palace of Education and Liberal Arts; 4 - Athletic Stadium; 5 - Palace of Textiles and Modes;
6 - Ship Cafe; 7 - Main Court & Pool of Reflections; 8 - Palace of Transportation; 9 - Palace of Industry & Muezzin Tower;
10 - "Fun Strip" Amusement Area; 11 - Open Air Theatre; 12 - Denmark, Holland, Norway, Sweden, and New Zealand Building;
13 - Czechoslovakia Building; 14 - Japanese Building; 15 - Guatemala Building; 16 - Belgian Building; 17 - Fire Station;
18 - Ecuador Building; 19 - French Building; 20 - Bolivia Building; 21 - California Building; 22 - Italian Building;
23 - Persian Building; 24 - Entrance to China Exhibit; 25 - Mexican Building; 26 - Palace of Fine Arts; 27 - Latin-American Building;
28 - Garden Court; 29 - (no number); 30 - Administration Building; 31 - Water Entrance & Boat Landing; 32 - Banquet Hall.
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Here's an interesting tidbit about the last day of the fair.
"Amid a crash of noise, the Pacific Southwest Exposition closed its doors here after a thirty nine day run,
but the noise was not the blare of horns and shouting of a joyous people such as often is associated with similar events,
The noise was the collapse of the dome of the Fine Arts building almost within the final closing hour of the exposition,
and as the wreckage was cleared away four persons were found prostrate beneath thousands of pounds of timber,
plaster and damaged artwork (the severely injured were taken to Seaside Hospital)
Later that night, despite the collapse, the crowd enjoyed a moonlight Mardi Gras.
At midnight, the lights of the exposition went out for the final time." kcet
After a preliminary investigation …, the exposition officials agreed the collapse was due to a settling of earth beneath the building
and it was indicated no effort would be made to fix blame, the accident being viewed as an “unfortunate circumstance” and “unavoidable.”
*The Palace of Fine Arts was located at the south-east corner of the Pacific Southwest Exposition's main court. (#7 on the map)
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