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The old de Young
Museum, recognizable by its tower overlooking Golden
Gate Park, is currently closed to the public and slated to be replaced
by a new facility. The history of the de Young dates back to the California
Midwinter International Exposition of 1894. The outgoing building, designed
by Louis Christian Mullgardt, opened in 1919 under the direction of Chronicle
co-founder
Michael H. de Young. Following
the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, huge steel braces were added to support
the well-worn building. The new de Young
has a twisted tower and was designed by Swiss architects Jacques Herzog
and Pierre de Meuron. Until the new museum opens in 2005, the permanent
collection will tour the world beginning at the Palazzo Pitti in Florence,
Italy. Popular features and historic architectural elements of the old
de Young such as the Pool of Enchantment
will be restored or rebuilt and included in the new facility. The Spanish
monastery portal in the Hearst Court will be relocated to the University
of San Francisco. The Asian Art Museum
was housed in a 1965 wing of the old de Young. It moved to the remodeled
old Main Library at Civic Center in 2003.
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