House of Pacific Relations - Hall of Nations
Cluster of nineteen thirty-five exposition cottages hosting weekend folk dance and lawn performances by dozens of resident cultures.
This guide to the House of Pacific Relations Hall of Nations in Balboa Park, San Diego, traces the row of cottages built for the nineteen thirty-five California Pacific International Exposition, when sixteen nations each got a small house to show off their culture. You'll hear how the navy used the cottages as quarters for non-commissioned officers during the second world war, and how the dancing returned once the fighting ended. It follows the shared Hall of Nations behind you, where groups without a cottage of their own rotate through five-hour Sunday shifts, and the story of a divided country whose two peoples still keep house together in a single building.
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