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A sketch of Santa Monica and the Pier, 1875 An early Santa Monica Pier, 1877 The pier with Pacific Park on the left, 2006 Anglers on the Santa Monica Pier, 2009 Santa Monica Pier at dusk, 2010 View of the pier and Pacific Park from the beach at night, 2012 The Ferris wheel and roller coaster lights at night, 2009 View of the Municipal Pier from ...
The current Pacific Wheel measures 85 feet (26 m), and the vantage point at the top is more than 130 feet (40 m) above the pier. The Pacific Wheel is the world's first and only solar-powered Ferris wheel. [16] Sig Alert EV – A bumper car ride named for the traffic alert unique to California.
The West Harbor Wheel, as the Ferris wheel will be known, will be as high as 150 feet — about 50% higher than the Pacific Wheel at Pacific Park amusement center on Santa Monica Pier, he said.
The ride has made numerous appearances in modern media, and is commonly used as an establishing shot for the Los Angeles area. The coaster, along with the entire Santa Monica Pier as a whole, were parodied in the 2013 video game, Grand Theft Auto V. [1] In the game, the roller coaster is called The Leviathan. [2]
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
Rebecca Horn built the interactive Love Thermometer. And Jean-Michel Basquiat transformed an antique Ferris wheel with paintings and music by Miles Davis (Painted Ferris Wheel With Music (1987 ...
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The city council approved a plan to replace the pier with a resort island in Santa Monica Bay. Local activists formed Save Santa Monica Bay and shot down that plan, [9] and in 1973 the city formally revoked a standing order to demolish the pier. [10] The city acquired ownership of the pier in summer 1974. [11]