For the centennial of the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition, ScenePast.com has restored a selection of postcards from the festival and placed them side-by-side with some workaday scenes of 2015 San Francisco taken from the same spot. The big shebang of a hundred years ago heralded both the opening of the Panama Canal and the resurgence of San Francisco after the 1906 quake. And the entire Marina District was in on the festivities, as you can see in this map from the San Francisco Public Library. As you'll notice, the only structure to survive (in a recreated form) is the Palace of Fine Arts. The rest is history.
PALACE OF FINE ARTS ROTUNDA (1915 & 2015), 3601 Lyon St., ScenePast.com
THE AMUSEMENT ZONE: Dayton Flood & Creation (1915 & 2015) Francisco St. & Laguna St., ScenePast.com
JAPANESE VILLAGE (1915 & 2015), Gough St. & Bay St., ScenePast.com
THE NETHERLANDS PAVILION (1915 & 2015) Yacht Road & Old Mason St., ScenePast.com
LIBERAL ARTS PALACE & TOWER (1915 & 2015) Bay St. & Divisadero St., ScenePast.com
THE MACHINERY PALACE (1915 & 2015) Fillmore St and Beach St., ScenePast.com
NATIONS OF THE EAST, Court of Sun & Stars (1915 & 2015) 3630 Divisadero St., ScenePast.com
PALACE OF EDUCATION (1915 & 2015) Beach St. & Baker St., ScenePast.com
PALACE OF FINE ARTS ROTUNDA (1915 & 2015) 3601 Lyon St., ScenePast.com
STATE OF WASHINGTON PAVILION (1915 & 2015) Mason St. & Halleck St. (now the Crissy Field Marsh), ScenePast.com
