Event

Opening Reception for Two Centennial Exhibitions

Welcome the Centennial year with SOHO as we unveil two exhibitions focused on the history of the 1915-16 Panama-California and the 1935 California Pacific International expositions.

Balboa Park Exposition Designers 1915-1935:
The Making of the Dream City
In partnership with the San Diego AIA Preservation Committee, the architects, designers, and landscape architects of the two expositions will be showcased. From the well known Bertram G. Goodhue, Carlton Monroe Winslow, Frank P. Allen, Jr., and Richard Requa to the lesser known, but as integral to each Exposition's design, Paul Thiene, and Juan Larrinaga. The work of over 20 of the most significant designers will be presented with an exhibition of drawings and photographs with accompanying publications, lectures, and architectural tours. (Made possible by generous support from Nancy Carol Carter, Chandler Art Consulting Services, Committee of One Hundred, Kim Grant Design, Inc., Heritage Architecture & Planning, IS Architecture, Johnson & Johnson Architecture, and KPA Associates.)

Souvenirs & Keepsakes:
Memorabilia of the 1915 & 1935 Expositions
The tourism movement of the turn of the century as experienced by San Diego's Exposition visitors will be explored through the personal objects that were eagerly sought after and collected, such as buttons, pennants, postcards, coins, and jewelry. These keepsakes have been handed down through the generations as tangible historical mementos of the Expositions, and continue to be cherished to this day. (Made possible by collectors David Marshall and Richard Miller; the Hillcrest History Guild, and Johnson and Johnson Architects.)

This intimate experience in the historic Marston House for the opening includes generous hors d'oeuvres and fine wine, and the opportunity to spend quality time with Exposition historians and like-minded history lovers, preservationists, and lovers of Balboa Park.