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16
Jun
2015
San Francisco
Jun 16, 2015 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Sir Francis Drake Hotel
450 Powell Street
San Francisco, CA  94102
United States

2015 marks the centennial year of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, when host city San Francisco emerged from the ashes of earthquake and fire as a center of beauty and progress. On the Presidio’s waterfront and in what is now the Marina District, courtyards, formal gardens, and eleven Beaux-Arts palaces made up a miniature city resplendent in tones of golden-orange, copper green, cerulean, and “Pompeiian red.” Each palace hosted a thrilling array of exhibits and events that showed off the young century’s achievements and possibilities. Over it all, the forty-three-story Tower of Jewels cast the reflected light of one hundred thousand pieces of colored glass.

Laura, author of San Francisco’s Jewel City: The Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915, will take us on an amazing tour of the fair from its original concept in 1904 through its development and all the way to its gala opening in February 1915. We’ll peek inside the gorgeous exhibit “Palaces” for a look at just a few of the wonders therein, and finish with some of the attractions on the Joy Zone, the Exhibition's midway.

Enjoy lunch with your fellow Rotarians while we explore the excitement and glamor of 1915 San Francisco.

Meeting Schedule:

12:00 noon Registration & Networking
12:15p.m. (sharp!) Meeting begins (club business first, followed by keynote speaker)
1:30p.m. Meeting adjourns (may adjourn earlier, depending on club business items)

This is a weekly membership meeting for The Rotary Club of San Francisco, open to all Rotarians, visiting Rotarians, prospective members and guests.

Each luncheon meeting includes three-course lunch from Scala's Bistro. Individual lunch tickets are $40, or purchase a book of four tickets for the discounted price of $145. Cash, check and credit card payment options available. Tickets available for purchase at the door.

Members and guests can RSVP using the links at the top left corner of this page.