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Newport Beach is a coastal city of about 85,000 in southern Orange County, California, United States. Located about 40 miles (64 km) southeast of downtown Los Angeles, Newport Beach is known for its sandy beaches. The city's harbor once supported maritime industries. Today it is used mostly for recreation.
View of the Newport Municipal Pier from the beach at dawn. The Newport Pier is one of two municipal piers in the city of Newport Beach, California. The pier replaced the McFadden Wharf (1888-1939) and the site is registered as California Historical Landmark number 794. [1] It is 1,032 feet (314.6 m) long. The other ocean pier on the Balboa ...
The Dory Fishing Fleet and Market is a beachside fishing cooperative located in the city of Newport Beach, California. It was founded in 1891 at the base of what was then McFadden Wharf, now known as the Newport Pier. The Dory Fleet, a registered historical landmark, is considered the last beachside cooperative of its kind in the United States. [1]
The Los Angeles metropolitan area is defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget as the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), [9] with a 2021 population of 12,997,353. [10]
Malibu Pier: Malibu: Manhattan Beach Pier: Manhattan Beach: Fisherman's Wharf: Monterey: Balboa Pier: Newport Beach: Newport Pier: Newport Beach: Oakland, California: Ocean Beach (San Diego) Oceanside Pier: Oceanside: Pacifica Pier: Pacifica: Pismo Beach: Port Hueneme: Port San Luis, California (near Avila Beach) Redondo Beach pier: Redondo ...
A small settlement was built around McFaddens’ Wharf (at the location where the Newport Pier is today) and it became the largest business of Orange County, California. Following the opening of the San Pedro Harbor in Los Angeles in 1899, the commercial shipping industry in Newport declined.
The pier remained closed for several hours. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story ...
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium and the Rainbow Pier, Long Beach, California, linen-era postcard by Tichnor Bros., produced c. 1930–1945. This is a timeline of piers of Los Angeles County, California, United States, including dates of construction and demolition, and notable events.