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The Fun Zone was built in 1936 by Al Anderson featuring a small beach and a 45’ Ferris Wheel as the main attractions. In 1986, Jordan Wank rebuilt the entire area and re-opened it. In 1988, Doo & Sons owned the Balboa Fun Zone, but they walked away after not receiving zoning permits to develop the property into a mixed use of retail and housing.
Originally, Balboa Island was little more than a mudflat surrounded by swampland. Today's Newport Harbor emerged only after dredging millions of tons of silt. In the late 1860s, James McFadden and his brother, Robert, purchased a large portion of the future site of Newport, including the oceanfront of Newport Beach, much of Balboa Peninsula, and the sandbars that were to become Balboa Island ...
Aerial view of the Newport Municipal Pier at Newport Beach, California in the 1940s. The original pier was known as McFadden Wharf when it was completed in the summer of 1888 by local landowners James and Robert McFadden. [1] The wharf served as a shipping connection for the McFaddens to offload lumber, hides and other merchandise. [2]
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 peninsula acts as a jetty enclosing the Newport Harbor and Newport Beach's eight islands. The Peninsula is connected from the land via Pacific Coast Highway (SR 1) at Balboa Boulevard, via Bridge at Newport Boulevard from SR 1 (and from Via Lido which connects via bridge to Lido Isle, via Bridge from Newport Island, via Bridge from Bay Isle and via Balboa Island Ferry from Balboa Boulevard ...
Newport Beach's boardwalk is a concrete path running 2.9 miles (4.7 km) from 36th Street to between E and F streets on the Balboa Peninsula.It passes McFadden Square and Newport Pier, and Balboa Pier.
Trump supporters at Jamboree Rd and East Coast Hwy in Newport Beach on Saturday, June 8, 2024. The former president is attending a fundraiser in Newport Beach. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times)
Balboa Pier, Newport Beach, February 14, 2015. The Balboa Pier is one of two piers in the city of Newport Beach, Orange County, California. The other ocean pier on the Balboa Peninsula is the Newport Pier. The Pier Plaza. The Balboa Pier was constructed in 1906 as a sister project of the Balboa Pavilion. The Newport Bay investment Company ...