Sutro Baths San Francisco Panorama
by Bonnie Follett
Title
Sutro Baths San Francisco Panorama
Artist
Bonnie Follett
Medium
Photograph - Photo Painting
Description
Sutro Baths San Francisco Panorama is a photo painting of the Sutro Baths ruins area off of Ocean Beach in San Francisco.
History:
On March 14, 1896, Sutro Baths opened to the public as the world's largest indoor swimming pool establishment.
Sutro Baths was a project developed by Adolph Sutro to "provide a healthy, recreational and inexpensive swimming facility for thousands of San Franciscans. A classic Greek portal opened to a massive glass enclosure containing seven swimming pools at various temperatures. There were slides, trapezes, springboards and a high dive. The power of the Pacific Ocean during high tide could fill the 1.7 million gallons of water required for all the pools in just one hour. The Baths could accommodate 10,000 people at one time and offered 20,000 bathing suits and 40,000 towels for rent." After the Depression years, it fell into disuse and disrepair and the structure burned down in 1966. The ruins remain a favorite place for locals and tourists to enjoy the outdoors.
For more info see: https://www.nps.gov/goga/learn/historyculture/sutro-baths.htm
Featured:
San Francisco City By The Bay Art (8/20/2016)
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July 17th, 2016
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