Monumental structure in San Francisco, US
Palace of Fine Arts
The Palace of Fine Arts is a monumental structure located in the Marina District of San Francisco, California, United States, originally built for the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition to exhibit works of art.
It is the only structure from the exposition that survives on site, though it was completely rebuilt from 1964 to 1974.
How locals move
Getting around Palace of Fine Arts the local way
- Get inAvoid any street that is also a cable car line (Hyde between Washington and Fisherman's Wharf, Mason between Columbus and Washington, and Jackson/Washington between Powell and Hyde), as the cable cars stop at every intersection, and they usually stop in the intersection.
- Get inAll three Cable Car lines cross at Powell and California.
- Get inThe Powell-Hyde and Powell-Mason cable car lines run between Union Square and Fisherman's Wharf.
- Get inThe California cable car line runs east-west on California Street between Market Street in the Financial District and Van Ness Avenue.
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