2021 A+C Fest | Opening Day Program: Golden Gate Park Historic Walking Tour

50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive,San Francisco CA 94118

10 September, 2021

Description

Few people know that Golden Gate Park once hosted a World's Fair: the nearly forgotten "1894 California Mid-Winter Exposition.” For full details visit www.archandcity.org Kick off the 18th Annual Architecture + the City Festival in this open-air celebration on Friday, September 10 in the Spreckels Temple of Music + Concourse in Golden Gate Park. Meet some of AIA San Francisco’s committees and partake in a variety of architecture-inspired activities including a historical walking tour of the Concourse. This program is in collaboration with Feldman Architecture, Illuminate, Western Neighborhoods Project, San Francisco Recreation & Parks and the following AIASF committees: Design Technology, International Practice Committee, Urban Design + Infrastructure, LatinX in Architecture (LiA), Mentorship Committee. Join historian John Martini and Western Neighborhoods Project Executive Director Nicole Meldahl for a guided tour of the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park. Few people know that Golden Gate Park once hosted a World's Fair: the nearly forgotten "1894 California Mid-Winter Exposition.” On this walking tour around the park’s Music Concourse we visit many of the locations of the exotic but short-lived Fair, including scattered surviving remnants of the Exposition from 125 years ago. About the Architecture + the City Festival (September 10-30) Presented by the Center for Architecture + Design in collaboration with the American Institute of Architects, San Francisco Chapter (AIASF), the 18th annual Architecture + the City Festival continues to offer behind-the-scenes programs, walking tours, literature, live presentations and more that provide an excellent opportunity for all communities to experience architecture and design in a myriad of ways throughout the city. Every September, the festival reveals the many facets and layers of San Francisco, and how ­architecture and design play a key role in this ever-changing urban landscape. For more info visit www.archandcity.org Serving the Bay Area for more than a century, the American Institute of Architects, San Francisco Chapter (AIASF) offers professional development and networking opportunities as well as public forums, tours, lectures, and gallery exhibitions that provide architects and design enthusiasts with many opportunities to explore the local built environment. The Center for Architecture + Design enhances public appreciation for architecture and design, both locally and internationally, through exhibitions, lectures, tours, films, and other programs that reveal the richness of the design arts. Founded in 2005, the Center for Architecture + Design is a collaborative environment where design organizations and affiliates share not only space, but ideas.