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Venice, originally called "Venice of America", was founded by wealthy developer Abbot Kinneyin 1905 as a beach resort town, 14 miles (23 km) west of Los Angeles. He and his partner Francis Ryan had bought 2 miles (3 km) of ocean-front property south of Santa Monicain 1891. They built a resort town on the north end of the property, called Ocean ...
Aragon Ballroom (Ocean Park, Santa Monica, California) Coordinates: 33.9958°N 118.4814°W. The Aragon Ballroom on Lick Pier in the Ocean Park district of Santa Monica, California was a social-dance venue opened under the Aragon name in March 1942 by dance promoter Harry Schooler (1918–2008).
6 October 1967. ( 1967-10-06) 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 ...
Pacific Parkis an oceanfront amusement parklocated in Santa Monica, California. The park, located on the Santa Monica Pier, looks directly out on the Pacific Ocean, in the direction of Catalina Island. It is the only amusement park directly located on the West Coast of the United Stateslocated on a pier and LA's only admission-free park.
December 20, 1920. Abbot Kinney's Venice Pier, also known as the Abbot Kinney Pier, the first Venice Pier, Venice Amusement Pier, the Windward Avenue Pier, or the Venice Wharf, stood over the Pacific Ocean at Venice, Los Angeles County, California, United States, from 1905 until it was destroyed in the 1920 Abbot Kinney pier fire.
Fraser's Million Dollar Pier was a 20th-century amusement park in Ocean Park, California in the United States. The pier was located between Pier Avenue and Marine Street, in a community situated between Santa Monica and Venice in Los Angeles County. Developed by A. H. Fraser, a booster in Ocean Park who had formerly been business partners with ...
Designated. August 17, 1976 [ 1] The Santa Monica Pier is a large pier at the foot of Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica, California, United States. It contains a small amusement park, concession stands, and areas for views and fishing. [ 2][ 3] The pier is part of the greater Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area .
Luna Pier Police Chief Jim VanDeraa shares where to park, where not to park and where to gather in Luna Pier for Monday's solar eclipse.