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Ocean Park Branch library, an original Carnegie library. 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 completed on February 15, 1918 when it was opened to the public.
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.
Early illustration of Ocean Beach Park's Boardwalk. On the southern coast of New London, Connecticut there is a boardwalk running roughly 1,620 feet (0.49 km) within Ocean Beach Park that is claimed to have "New England's Finest Sugar Sand Beach and Boardwalk Attractions".
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.
The western border of Santa Monica, California, is the 3-mile (4.8 km) stretch of Santa Monica Bay.On its other sides, the city is bordered by various districts of Los Angeles: the northwestern border is Pacific Palisades, the eastern border is Brentwood north of Wilshire Boulevard and West Los Angeles south of Wilshire, the northeastern border is generally San Vicente Boulevard up to the ...
Santa Monica Pier Aquarium — Aquarium on the pier operated by Heal the Bay, and formerly known as the Ocean Discovery Center; Pacific Park — the amusement park portion of the pier; Hot Dog on a Stick — original, opened in 1946, found on the sidewalk just south of the pier in front the original Muscle Beach
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The park is "non-gated" and there is no charge for admission; individual rides charge a fee. There are thirteen rides as well as midway games, food outlets, and shopping. A Seaside Pavilion event space opened in 2009 for corporate and private events. [11] This is a list of rides in operation at Pacific Park as of 2016. [1] [12]