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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 ...
1912 fire at Ocean Park (Ernest Marquez Collection, Huntington Library) The Ocean Park fire that started on Fraser's Million Dollar Pier destroyed 220 to 225 structures in a six-block area between Navy Street and Ashland Avenue. [28] [46] The Los Angeles Evening Post-Record reported that eight blocks were wrecked. [43]
The Dome Pier proper opened on Saturday, June 3, 1922. [1] The Dome Pier measured 1,500 feet (460 m) by 263 feet (80 m). [2] The week of the pier's opening, it also was announced that the Dome Pier, Fraser's Ocean Park Pier, and Pickering's Pleasure Pier had been connected together into an amusement park that developers claimed was the biggest entertainment pier in the world. [3]
1912 Ocean Park pier fire destroys Fraser's Million Dollar Pier and several square blocks of Ocean Park [4] May 24, 1913: 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
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.
The pier was expected to open in September but construction will take longer. The pier was split in half by Hurricane Ian in 2022. Opening delayed of Cherry Grove Pier in North Myrtle Beach.
Lick Pier was, in 1922, almost entirely in Venice. It was 800 feet long and 225 feet wide. At the opening of Lick Pier and the Bon Ton Ballroom on Easter weekend 1922, the ballroom was 22,000 square feet, and the pier featured a Zip roller coaster, a Dodge'em, Caterpillar rides, and Captive Aeroplane rides. [2]
Two 20-year-old men are in custody after they were accused of tagging the Cole Park Pier overnight. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...