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Restored San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts to open

Posted by: Anhoni Patel on Jan 13, 2011 | Comments (0)

Tomorrow the Palace of Fine Arts reopens after a $21.2 million restoration. SF’s pretty pink lady will now be bright and shiny and ready for the masses to enjoy. The PFA was built in 1915 for the Panama-Pacific Exposition as a temporary structure meant to be dismantled after the fair ended. However, years later, in the immortal words of Sir Elton John – it’s still standing.

Swans Return to Palace of Fine Arts

Swans Return to Palace of Fine Arts

Posted by: Keith Mizuguchi on Jan 5, 2011 | Comments (0)

Some feathery friends have returned to a San Francisco landmark. Swans are back in the lagoon at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts.