On this day in 1915, the 1915 World's Fair opened up in San Francisco. The fair was beneficial to the earthquake ravaged city, though it wasn't completely beloved by many residents. A faction of San Franciscans had wanted to take advantage of the earthquake damage by reimagining the city and incorporating a more planned design.
After the city was awarded the World's Fair, however, the city scrapped any highminded planning efforts. The powers that were wanted to show that the city had fully recovered from its devastating disaster. The only way to do that was to approve any and all buildings with no long term planning. Despite this, however, The 1915 World's Fair was a huge success.
