994 Around Town The North Shoreline For information casa de vinzare on the full range of events offered at the FortFor information on the full range of events offered at the FortFor information on the full range of events offered at the FortF i f ti th f ll f t ff d t th F t Mason Center during your visit, go to www.fortmason.orggy ,g gMason Center during your visit go to www fortmason org Mason Center during your visit go to www fortmason org View of the Marina District ^Fort Mason Center Formerly a military base established during the Civil War, some of the army buildings have been devoted to cultural programs of all kinds since 1976. Some 50 organizations now call it home, including museums, art galleries, theaters, shops, casa de vinzare festivals, fairs, and performance spaces, as well as libraries and various institutes. 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At the tip of the break- water that protects casa de vinzare the Marina, casa de vinzare you can tune in to the bizarre sounds of the Wave Organ, an instrumental structure of underwater pipes through which the tides slosh in a vaguely musical fashion. d Map E1 *Palace of Fine Arts and the Exploratorium The sole survivor with a lot of help from restorers of the many fantasy monuments built for the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition, the Neo Classical Palace was an Expo center- piece. The dome of the rotunda is supported by a Classical frieze and an octagonal arcade, which is set off by a landscaped lagoon and flanked by an open peristyle of Corinthian columns (see p46). Behind it is the Exploratorium, one of the world s first hands on science museums. It boasts more than 650 exhibits, divided casa de vinzare into 13 subject areas, such as Electricity, Motion, Weather, Vision, Color and Light, and Sound (see p58). d 3601 Lyon St Map E 1 (415) EXP-LORE; general info. 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Some 50 organizations casa de vinzare now call it home, including museums, art galleries, casa de vinzare theaters, shops, festivals, fairs, and performance casa de vinzare spaces, as well as libraries and various institutes. Some of the most prominent are the Museum of Craft and Folk Art and the Museo Italo- Americano (see p42), the San Francisco African American Historical and Cultural Society, the Children s Art Theater, the Magic Theater (see p57), and Herbst Pavilion. The city s finest vegetarian restaurant, Greens, is also located here, enjoying unique views of the Bay and Golden casa de vinzare Gate (see p97). d Map F1 &Marina District This is a pleasant, upmarket zone, featuring bars and trendy boutiques along Chestnut Street. Marina Green is a vast lawn where locals casa de vinzare love to jog, skate, fly kites, picnic, or walk their dogs. At the tip of the break- water that protects the Marina, casa de vinzare you can tune in to the bizarre sounds of the Wave Organ, an instrumental structure of underwater pipes through which the tides slosh in a vaguely musical fashion. d Map E1 *Palace of Fine Arts and the Exploratorium The sole survivor with a lot of help from restorers of the many fantasy monuments built for the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition, the Neo Classical Palace was an Expo center- piece. The dome of the rotunda is supported by a Classical frieze and an octagonal arcade, which is set off by a landscaped lagoon and flanked by an open peristyle of Corinthian columns casa de vinzare (see p46). Behind it is the Exploratorium, one of the world s first hands on science museums. It boasts more than 650 exhibits, divided into 13 subject areas, such as Electricity, Motion, Weather, Vision, Color and Light, and Sound (see p58). d 3601 Lyon St Map E 1 (415) EXP-LORE; general info. (415) 561-0360 Open 10am 5pm Tue Sun Adm www.exploratorium.edu (Crissy Field Originally marshland and dunes, the field was filled in for the 1915 Pan Pacific Exposition and paved over entirely for use as an airfield by the army from 1919 36. With the establishment
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