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A sketch of Santa Monica and the Pier, 1875 An early Santa Monica Pier, 1877 The pier with Pacific Park on the left, 2006 Anglers on the Santa Monica Pier, 2009 Santa Monica Pier at dusk, 2010 View of the pier and Pacific Park from the beach at night, 2012 The Ferris wheel and roller coaster lights at night, 2009 View of the Municipal Pier from ...
The Santa Monica Pier is located at the intersection of Ocean and Colorado. [3] Many major east–west arterial roads such as Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard, and Pico Boulevard begin their western ends on Ocean Avenue. Southeast bound past Pico Boulevard, Ocean turns into Neilson Way.
Heal the Bay Aquarium, previously named the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium, is a private-public aquarium at a California State Beach Park managed by Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors, located beneath the Santa Monica Pier, adjacent to the Pacific Ocean.
The Santa Monica Pier's Sea Dragon ride, which opened in 1996, was retired Thursday and replaced by a new, $1.5-million ride. Sea Dragon ride on Santa Monica Pier swings away into retirement Skip ...
During the 1930s, the pier was mainly used as a ferry landing, while most of the pier was closed down and its attractions sold off. [5] Over the next several decades the city of Santa Monica proposed various plans to tear down Newcomb Pier. The city council approved a plan to replace the pier with a resort island in Santa Monica Bay.
Long Beach pier auditorium disaster kills more than 30 people at the Pine Avenue Pier in Long Beach [5] December 27, 1915: 1915 Ocean Park pier fire damages Fraser's Ocean Park pier [6] 1916 Looff's Pleasure Pier and Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome constructed adjacent to Santa Monica Municipal Pier [2] December 20, 1920: Abbot Kinney pier fire ...
Santa Monica Pier, Route 66 Sign. Santa Monica State Beach is a California State Park operated by the city of Santa Monica. [1] [2]The beach is located along Pacific Coast Highway.
Pacific Ocean Park was a 28-acre (11-hectare) nautical-themed amusement park built on a pier at Pier Avenue in the Ocean Park section of Santa Monica, California in 1958. Intended to compete with Disneyland, it replaced Ocean Park Pier (1926–1956). After it closed and fell into disrepair, the park and pier anchored the Dogtown area of Santa ...