From 1939 to 1940, there was a grand fair built upon newly constructed Treasure Island.  This world’s fair was formally known as the Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE), but many people affectionately referred to it as “The Pageant of the Pacific.”

 

 One of the main attractions of the fair was the Court of Pacifica.  Keeping order within the court was sculptor Ralph Stackpole’s statue “Pacifica,” an 80-foot tall homage to the core theme of the fair – Pacific Unity.

 

 She was built as a symbol to welcome the Peoples of the Pacific Rim through the Golden Gate of San Francisco into America. 

 

Unfortunately, just a couple of short years after the fair closed, “Pacifica” was demolished, as was much of the fair’s art to make way for new Navy base and proposed airport that was to be built on Treasure Island. 

 

The Pacifica II Project is a Non-Profit Corporation that has been formed for the primary purpose of rebuilding the statue “Pacifica.”  This priceless piece of lost art needs to be restored.  “Pacifica II” will become a local monument with worldwide recognition as her very existence shall be a physical testament to our long celebrated diversity that we share in the San Francisco Bay Area.

 

Two 8 foot replicas have been produced and are currently installed at the city of Pacifica (named after the statue) and the City College of San Francisco outside the Diego Rivera Theater.

 

and his beautiful lady Pacifica