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The landmark entrance to Santa Monica Pier

The pier with Pacific Park on the left

The Santa Monica Pier is located at the foot of Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica, California and is a prominent landmark. Pacific Park is a family themed Amusement park in Santa Monica California.

1 Attractions
2 History
3 The pier on screen
4 Weather
5 Photo gallery
6 See also
7 External links

Attractions

The pier contains Pacific Park, a family amusement park with a large ferris wheel. Pacific Park is a family themed Amusement park in Santa Monica California. Theme park is the generic term for a collection of rides and other Entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a large group A Ferris wheel (also known as an observation wheel or big wheel) is a Nonbuilding structure consisting of an upright wheel with passenger gondolas attached It also has a carousel from the 1920s, an aquarium, shops, entertainers, an arcade, a pub, and restaurants. A carousel ( carrousel in French) is an Amusement ride consisting of a rotating platform with seats for passengers The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada Santa Monica Pier Aquarium is an Aquarium in Santa Monica, California located beneath the Santa Monica Pier, adjacent to the Pacific A video arcade (also known as an amusement arcade in the United Kingdom in Japan or as an "arcade" is a venue where people play arcade video games A restaurant is a retail establishment that serves prepared Food to Customers. At the end of the pier, anglers may pursue their hobby. A fisherman or fisher is someone who gathers Fish, Shellfish, or other animals from a body of water During the summer months, a free Thursday Twilight Dance Series is held. Free open-air film screenings occur from early August to late September. The Pier Film Series began in July 2003 with screenings of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jaws, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and Grease. The next two years had ten screenings each summer on Tuesday nights. The outdoor film screenings were discontinued as of Summer 2007.

History

Santa Monica has had several piers over the years, however the current Santa Monica Pier is actually two adjoining piers that long had separate owners. The long, narrow Municipal Pier opened 9 September 1909, primarily to carry sewer pipes beyond the breakers, and had no amenities. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The short, wide adjoining Pleasure Pier to the south, a. k. a. Newcomb Pier, was built in 1916 by Charles I. D. Looff and his son Arthur, amusement park pioneers. Charles I D Looff was a master builder of hand-carved Carousels and amusement rides in America Theme park is the generic term for a collection of rides and other Entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a large group

The Carousel was built in 1922 on the Pleasure Pier and features 44 hand-carved horses. It was rebuilt in 1990 inside the Looff Hippodrome. The Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome is located on the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica California. A calliope provides musical accompaniment. A calliope is a Musical instrument that produces sound by sending Steam through whistles, originally locomotive whistles

The La Monica Ballroom opened in 1924 and closed in 1962. The La Monica Ballroom became home to Spade Cooley in the early fifties. Donnell Clyde 'Spade' Cooley ( December 17, 1910 &ndash November 23, 1969) was an American Western Swing musician From 1958 until 1962 it served as a roller skating rink, first as Skater's Ballroom and then Santa Monica Roller Rink. The speed skating club won many state and regional championships. The bridge to the pier and entry gate were built in 1938 by the federal Works Project Administration, and replaced the former grade connection. The Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 the Work Projects Administration; WPA) was the largest New Deal agency employing millions of people

The Looff Pier, then known as Newcomb Pier, was acquired by the city in the 1953. In the 1960s various plans were proposed that would entail removal of the pier. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 The strangest one called for the construction of an artificial island with a 1500-room hotel. It was approved by the City Council, but citizens formed "Save the Santa Monica Bay" to preserve the pier. The outstanding order to raze the pier was revoked by the city council in 1973. That same year the Carousel and Hippodrome were memorable sets in the film The Sting, although the story was set in Chicago. The Sting is a 1973 Caper film set in September 1936 and revolving around a complicated plot by two professional grifters ( Paul

Everclear lead singer Art Alexakis attempted suicide as a teenager by filling his pockets with weights, getting high on marijuana, and jumping off the pier. Arthur Paul Alexakis (born on April 12, 1962) is the Singer, Lead guitarist and Songwriter of the rock band Everclear He claims the vision and voice of his deceased brother George led him to survive.

In April 2008, the ferris wheel at Pacific Park went up for auction on eBay. April holidays and events National Poetry Month - in United States National Sexual Assault Awareness Month - in United 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common eBay Inc is an American Internet company that manages eBaycom an Online auction and shopping Website in which people and businesses buy and The starting bid was $50,000 and half of proceeds are to be donated to the Special Olympics. Special Olympics is an international organization created to help people with Intellectual disabilities develop self-confidence social skills and a sense of personal accomplishment ^[1] The ferris wheel was purchased by Grant Humphreys of Humphreys Real Estate Investments in Oklahoma City. The ferris wheel is being packed and shipped to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the US state of Oklahoma. Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America.

The pier on screen

Because of the nearby film industry, the pier and the nearby Santa Monica boardwalk are used for location shoots for television and movies. The film industry consists of the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking i Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic This list of movies at IMDb is representative but incomplete [1]. The pier is also featured during the fourth and fifth season opening titles to Three's Company. Three's Company is an American Sitcom that aired from 1977 to 1984 on ABC. Also, in the movie A Night at the Roxbury, the pier can be seen in the background of the beach scene. A Night at the Roxbury is a 1998 Comedy film based on a recurring skit on Television 's long-running Saturday Night Live. Perhaps its most famous appearance on screen is in Titanic or in Forrest Gump, wherein Forrest runs to the West Coast, turns around and heads back east. Titanic is a 1997 Disaster film directed written co-produced and co-edited by James Cameron about the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'' Forrest Gump is a 1994 Comedy film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom and the name of the title character There is a Bubba Gump Shrimp Company Restaurant on the pier, owned by the film company that produced the film. The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co Restaurant and Market is a chain of seafood restaurants inspired by the 1994 film Forrest Gump. The pier was a location in the lonelygirl15 12 in 12 Season 1 Finale. lonelygirl15 was an interactive web-based video series which began in June 2006 and ended on August 1 2008 The Santa Monica Pier was also featured in some video games such as Tony Hawk's American Wasteland and Vampire: Bloodlines. Vampire The Masquerade – Bloodlines, abbreviated as Bloodlines or VTMB, is a Computer role-playing game for The entrance to the pier is shown in a commercial bumper on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In Broadcasting, a commercial bumper, ident bumper or break bumper (often shortened to bump) is a brief announcement usually two to 15 seconds The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an Emmy Award -winning American late-night Talk show currently hosted by Jay Leno, on

Weather

The temperature in Santa Monica is generally lower than inland areas by about 10°F (6°C), but that difference can increase to 30°F or more compared to the nearby valleys. Fahrenheit is a temperature scale named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736 a German Physicist who proposed it in 1724 The Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale. Even in the summer months, the breeze can be relatively cool in the mornings and evenings, especially during periods of overcast called "June Gloom". June Gloom (also May Gray) is a California term for a Weather pattern that results in overcast skies with mild temperatures during the late spring

Photo gallery

A panorama of the Santa Monica Pier near dusk on August 17, 2007. In its most general sense a panorama is any wide view of a physical space Dusk refers to the period of time following Sunset. Although commonly confused with twilight dusk is the time frame that occurs either before or after a twilight - when the Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Looff Hippodrome on the pier	Santa Monica beach and pier.	Santa Monica Pier	Beneath the pier
Looking at Santa Monica from the pier

External links

Official web site — directory with links to the arcade, the aquarium, and more, plus directions, history, etc. The Santa Monica bicycle path is an 85 mile Class 1 path in Los Angeles County running from the North at Temescal Canyon to the South at Washington Boulevard in
Pacific Park — information about the rides, attractions, and food court on the pier
Twilight Dance Series — free concerts that run on the pier from June through September
Santa Monica "Drive-In" at the pier — free films at the pier in August through September
Taste of Santa Monica — annual September event featuring Santa Monica restaurants

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