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Ocean Park Branch library, an original Carnegie library, July 2009. In December 1916, the commissioners of Santa Monica selected the site for the Ocean Park branch Carnegie library at 2601 Main Street. [2] The library was funded by a $12,500 grant from the Carnegie Corporation. The library was opened to the public on February 15, 1918.
In 1930, an amusement park known as "Gillian's Fun Deck" opened. In 1965, Gillian's Wonderland Pier opened, which featured the 144-foot (44 m) Ferris wheel that can be seen from miles around, with views of Ocean City and the surrounding communities from the top, and is one of the tallest Ferris wheels on the east coast. Other rides include ...
The western border of Santa Monica, California, is the 3-mile (4.8 km) stretch of Santa Monica Bay.On its other sides, the city is bordered by various districts of Los Angeles: the northwestern border is Pacific Palisades, the eastern border is Brentwood north of Wilshire Boulevard and West Los Angeles south of Wilshire, the northeastern border is generally San Vicente Boulevard up to the ...
Data & Methodology. To find America's most affordable beach towns, SmartAsset looked at data on every U.S. city with a population between 10,000 and 150,000 residents.
Aerial view of Pacific Ocean Park. In 1965, Santa Monica began the Ocean Park urban renewal project. Buildings in the surrounding area were demolished and streets leading to the park were closed. [10] As a result, visitors found it difficult to reach the park, and attendance plummeted to 621,000 in 1965 and 398,700 in 1966.
There's a certain charm to small-town America. From scenic places in Maine, Alaska, California, and beyond, we've got the scoop on some of the nation's smallest towns. 22 of the Smallest Towns in ...
The 1936 Park, Parkway, and Recreational Area Study Act gave the Park Service a framework to designate and protect a wider variety of resources that included recreational land use. Congress authorized Cape Hatteras National Seashore in August 1937, and President Roosevelt signed the bill before visiting Roanoke Island. It was not established ...
The District of Columbia does not currently have a true beach; several areas (such as Georgetown Waterfront Park) have boundaries along the Potomac River, but lack a true beach. From 1914 to 1925, there was a beach at the District of Columbia’s Tidal Basin .