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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 2000, Ocean Park had a population of 1,976 and a land area of 0.52 square kilometres (0.20 sq mi). [3] In 2010, Ocean Park had a population of 1,667 and a population density of 8,335 persons per square mile. [1]
The groundbreaking of the Cebu Ocean Park began in March 2016 with the initial target of completion of the marine theme park set in late 2017. [3] The oceanarium project received opposition from environmental groups which opposed captivity of animals. [4] The park had its soft opening on August 24, 2019. [1]
Entrance Pacific Ocean Park. Pacific Ocean Park was a joint venture between CBS and Santa Anita Park. [4] It opened on Saturday, July 28, 1958, with an attendance of 20,000. The next day, it drew 37,262, outperforming Disneyland's attendance that day. [5] Admission was 90 cents for adults, which included access to the park and certain exhibits.
Ocean Park was once a station on the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company, a narrow gauge railroad that ran along the Long Beach Peninsula from 1889 to 1930. [5] One of the oldest buildings in Pacific County is the Taylor Hotel building, built in 1887, currently in use as Adelaide's Cafe and Bookstore named after Adelaide Taylor, [6] the wife of the original hotel owner.
[1] [2] The Ocean Park pier was developed by Alexander H. Fraser, who had once been partners with Kinney, the developer of neighboring Venice, California. [3] [4] Fraser was born in New Brunswick and had come, by way of Michigan, to California in 1886. [5] Alexander Rosborough Fraser (1856–1923)
The Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new Bayside Park at 3rd Street on Thursday, May 30, 2024.
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