Exposition internationale du Golden Gate

L'exposition internationale du Golden Gate (en anglais : Golden Gate International Exposition) est une Exposition internationale qui a eu lieu en 1939 et en 1940 à San Francisco en Californie. Elle avait pour but de célébrer l'ouverture récente des deux principaux ponts enjambant la baie de San Francisco : le Bay Bridge et le Pont du Golden Gate. L'exposition a eu lieu du 18 février 1939 au 29 octobre 1939, puis a rouvert du 25 mai 1940 au 29 septembre 1940. Elle s'est tenue sur Treasure Island, une île artificielle rattachée à Yerba Buena Island, où se rejoignent les sections du Bay Bridge respectivement connectées à Oakland et San Francisco. Construite par le gouvernement fédéral, Treasure Island aurait dû devenir un aéroport pour le service Pacifique des hydravions de Pan American Airlines, mais avec la Seconde Guerre mondiale l'île a été transformée en base navale, que l'US Navy a occupé de 1941 à 1997.

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Art in Action

Art in Action was an exhibit of artists at work displayed for four months in the summer of 1940 at the Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE) held on Treasure Island. Many famous artists took part in the exhibit, including Dudley C. Carter, woodcarver and Diego Rivera, muralist. Rivera painted his monumental work Pan American Unity at Art in Action.

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Golden Gate International Exposition

The Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE) was a World's Fair held at Treasure Island in San Francisco, California, U.S. The exposition operated from February 18, 1939, through October 29, 1939, and from May 25, 1940, through September 29, 1940; it drew 17 million visitors to Treasure Island. Among other things, it celebrated the city's two newly built bridges: the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge.

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Naval Station Treasure Island

Naval Station Treasure Island is a former United States Navy facility that operated on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay from 1942 to 1997.

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Treasure Island, San Francisco

Treasure Island is a man-made island in San Francisco Bay, and a neighborhood in the City and County of San Francisco. Built in 1936–37 for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, the island was named by Clyde Milner Vandeburg, part of the Fair's public relations team. Its World's Fair site is a California Historical Landmark. Buildings there have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the historical Naval Station Treasure Island, an auxiliary air facility (for airships, blimps, dirigibles, planes and seaplanes), are designated in the Geographic Names Information System. Treasure Island is connected to Yerba Buena Island, another (natural) auxiliary island of San Francisco, by a causeway, creating access to Interstate 80.

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Treasure Island Development

The Treasure Island Development is a 405-acre (164 ha) major redevelopment project under construction on Treasure Island and parts of Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland, within San Francisco city limits. The Treasure Island Development Authority (TIDA) is a nonprofit organization formed to oversee the economic development of the former naval station. The Treasure Island Project is being developed by a joint venture between Lennar and Kenwood Investments. The development is expected to cost US$1.5 billion.

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