Balboa Park:The lasting influence of the Panama-California Exposition of 1915

摘要

One hundred years ago, the Panama-California Exposition—a Spanish Colonial Revival fantasyland— was built in Balboa Park. The exposition was a daring attempt to thrust San Diego, a small city of fewer than 40,000 people, into the national and international spotlight. No one could have predicted how profoundly the decision to build an exposition on park grounds would affect the future of Balboa Park, or the influence it would have on landscaping norms throughout Southern California.