| 1931/00/00 |
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The San Francisco Junior Chamber of Commerce issues a report recommending the use of Yerba Buena Shoals, tidally exposed lands just north of Yerba Buena Island, for the best potential site of the new airport that would include flying boats. |
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| 1934/00/00 |
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The Bridge Celebration Founding Committee authorizes George Kelham and William Day to analyze possible Exposition sites to commemorate the completion of the Golden Gate and San Francisco Oakland Bay bridges. Their final choice will be Yerba Buena Shoals. |
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| 1935/00/00 |
Public Works Administration |
Financier |
The Public Works Administration provides nearly $1.9 million in funding for the Golden Gate International Exposition. |
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| 1935/00/00 |
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The City of San Francisco donates just over $1 million and the San Francisco Bay Exposition Corporation raises $7.5 million from private pledges for the Expo. |
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| 1935/00/00 |
George W Kelham |
Architect |
George Kelham is made Chairman of the Board of Architects for the Exposition. Other notable San Francisco architects include Arthur Brown Jr, Louis P Hobart, William G Merchant, Timothy Pfleuger, Ernest E Weihe and E L Frick. |
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Golden Gate International Exposition |
| 1935/05/00 |
William P Day |
Architect |
Golden Gate International Exposition, also known as GGIE, appoints William Day to be Vice President, Director of Works and acting chief engineer. The overall architectural theme for the Expo will be, "A Pageant of the Pacific". |
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Golden Gate International Exposition |
| 1935/06/00 |
Works Progress Administration (WPA) |
Government Program |
Because of Treasure Island will later be use as an airport, the Works Progress Administration grants over $4 million for construction of the GGIE Exposition. |
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| 1935/09/00 |
US Army Corps of Engineers |
Engineers |
The San Francisco District of the Corps of Engineers begins the enormous task of filling a 400-acre island with millions of cubic yards of rock and sand in about 18 months. The Corps has dredged and filled areas around San Francisco Bay since the 1870s. |
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| 1936/00/00 |
William P Day |
Architect |
Day is responsible for all construction aspects of the Exposition, including the construction of the 400-acre island, its infrastructure, landscaping and all Exposition buildings, which together required a budget of $50,000,000. |
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| 1938/07/00 |
Pan American World Airways |
Operator |
Negotiations for Pan American Airways' permanent base at Treasure Island begins. Of the proposed $250,000 building program to be completed for the Expo, Pan Am will have use of a quarter of the air terminal building (Building 1), one hanger and two acres. |
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| 1938/08/30 |
Pan American World Airways |
Operator |
The Philippine Clipper, the Port of the Trade Winds, lands on the future airport runway. |
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| 1939/02/18 |
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The Golden Gate International Exposition opens on San Francisco's Treasure Island. |
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Golden Gate International Exposition |
| 1939/03/00 |
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Poor attendance, along with the financial costs of reduced rates and free passes, leads the Exposition company to layoff over forty percent of its employees after the first month. |
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Golden Gate International Exposition |
| 1939/10/29 |
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At the end of its first run the Golden Gate International Exposition attracts less than half of the 20 million people necessary for a profit, leaving a debt of over 4 million dollars. |
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Golden Gate International Exposition |
| 1940/05/00 |
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The GGIE reopens for a planned four month run with new more commercial attractions, buildings are repainted, some venues are closed while new ones open. Additional carnival rides and musical concerts are added. |
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Golden Gate International Exposition |
| 1940/09/24 |
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The Golden Gate International Exposition closes with financial loses. |
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