Ford Building - San Diego, CA - Permanent World Fair and Expo Structures on Waymarking.com

"The Ford Building, a Streamline Moderne structure in Balboa Park, San Diego, California, serves as the home of the San Diego Air & Space Museum. The Ford Motor Company sponsored the building for the California Pacific International Exposition, which was held in 1935 and 1936. Ford was the exposition's principal exhibitor and invested $2.8 million in the 45,000-square-foot (4,200 m²) building to showcase its vehicles and other forms of transportation.

The museum opened in the building on June 28, 1980.

The building was stylized after a V8 engine: the building overall consists of two (different sized) circles in the shape of an "8," and in the courtyard of the larger circle there is a large fountain shaped like the Ford V8 logo." (visit link)

Original Name of Structure (during fair): Ford Building Current Name of Structure: San Diego Air & Space Museum Architect/Designer: Walter Dorwin Teague Fair Name: California Pacific International Exposition (1935) Location: San Diego, CA Year of Fair: 1935 Theme of Fair: Pan-American Exposition Website Proof: [Web Link] Website Reference: Not listed

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