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Manhattan Beach benefits from ocean breezes that provide clean air and summer temperatures that are 10 to 20 °F (5.6 to 11.1 °C) cooler than the inland regions of Southern California. The city has a total area of 3.9 square miles (10 km 2). Manhattan Beach features 2.1 miles (3.4 km) of ocean frontage.
Manhattan Beach Hotel c. 1905. Manhattan Beach was the most upscale of the three major resort areas that developed at Coney Island shortly after the American Civil War; the other two areas were Brighton Beach and West Brighton. [3] African-American recruits at Manhattan Beach Coast Guard Training Station, ca. 1941 - ca. 1945
The Manhattan Beach Pier is a pier located in Manhattan Beach, California, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. The pier is 928 feet (283 m) long and located at the end of Manhattan Beach Boulevard. [4] An octagonal Mediterranean-style building sits at the end of the pier and houses the Roundhouse Aquarium. [5] Surfers usually can be seen below ...
Manhattan Beach Boulevard is a major east–west thoroughfare in western Los Angeles County, California. Its western terminus is at the historic Manhattan Beach Pier in Manhattan Beach on the coast of the Pacific Ocean, and its eastern terminus is at Van Ness Avenue in Gardena . [ 1 ]
Manhattan Beach's section was called Manhattan Parkway until 1988 [3] when was renamed Veterans Parkway. [2] [3] The Manhattan Beach section is approximately 21 acres (85,000 m 2) [3] in area and 2 miles (3.2 km) long. The Hermosa Beach section is approximately 19 acres (77,000 m 2) [4] in area and 1.9 miles (3.1 km
A beachgoer walking along the Manhattan Beach pier watches as rough surf breaks along the beach in Manhattan Beach, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023.
Manhattan Village is a neighborhood in Manhattan Beach, California, founded in 1985.It was the "last major parcel available for development" in the city [1]. Its construction was said to signify "the passing of an era – the removal of oil tanks and the beginning of development of more than 100 acres of formerly bare ground."
The Bell Avenue Sand Dune Park in Manhattan Beach and the Ballona Wetlands each had var. orcuttiana populations newly discovered in Spring 2010. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The variety is listed by the California Native Plant Society as endemic to California coastal dunes ecosystems and significantly declining.