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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 Santa Monica Pier is located at the intersection of Ocean and Colorado. [3] Many major east–west arterial roads such as Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard, and Pico Boulevard begin their western ends on Ocean Avenue. Southeast bound past Pico Boulevard, Ocean turns into Neilson Way.
Santa Monica Pier, Route 66 Sign. Santa Monica State Beach is a California State Park operated by the city of Santa Monica. [1] [2]The beach is located along Pacific Coast Highway.
During the 1930s, the pier was mainly used as a ferry landing, while most of the pier was closed down and its attractions sold off. [5] Over the next several decades the city of Santa Monica proposed various plans to tear down Newcomb Pier. The city council approved a plan to replace the pier with a resort island in Santa Monica Bay.
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 ...
The Santa Monica coastline looking north from Palisades Park, c. 1920 Palisades Park in Santa Monica Palisades Park informational sign Civil War cannon (1908) in Palisades Park (formerly Linda Vista Park), Santa Monica. Palisades Park is a 26.4-acre (10.7 ha) park in Santa Monica, California.
A horse-racing track, pier, and golf course were built near the Ocean Park Casino. Kinney convinced the Santa Fe Railroad to extend its Inglewood line north to his resort. When his partner Francis Ryan died in October 1898, his widow's new husband, Thomas H. Dudley, sold their half interest to a group of men, Fraser, Gage and Merritt Jones.
Santa Monica is the home to Southern California Aquatics, [94] which was founded by Olympic swimmer Clay Evans and Bonnie Adair. Santa Monica is also home to the Santa Monica Rugby Club, a semi-professional team that competes in the Pacific Rugby Premiership, the highest-level rugby union club competition in the United States.