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Pleasure Pier from Park, Santa Monica, California

 
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Title
Pleasure Pier from Park, Santa Monica, California
Date
1922
Description
Looking southwest towards the Santa Monica Pier from Palisades Park. The Hippodrome Building with its domed cupola can be seen just to the right of the center of the view.
Format Extent
1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Subject
Parks--California--Santa Monica; Piers--California--Santa Monica; Amusement parks--California--Santa Monica;
Note
Palisades Park runs along the west side of Ocean Boulevard and overlooks Santa Monica Bay. The park is bounded on the south side by the Santa Monica Pier and ends at the Santa Monica Canyon. The area between Montana and Colorado Avenue was originally known as Linda Vista Park, and was donated to the city by Arcadia Bandini de Baker and Santa Monica's founding father, Senator John P. Jones. The portion of the park from Montana Avenue to the canyon was donated by the Santa Monica Land and Water Company (which was also owned by Baker and Jones)" The Santa Monica Municipal Pier was built in the early 1900s. Charles Looff , known for his career building amusement park rides at Coney Island at other locations across America, built an adjoining Pleasure Pier next to the Municipal Pier around 1916. The completed pier was 178,200 square feet and included restaurants, a carousel, a roller coaster and other attractions. The Hippodrome Building housed the carousel. Looff later sold the pier and in 1924 the Santa Monica Pleasure Pier Company purchased it and expanded it. The two adjoined piers later became known as simply, "The Pier," and were acquired by the city in the 1950s. The Pier was declared a Santa Monica City Landmark in 1976.
Collection
Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection
Type
Geographic Location
Santa Monica Pier (Santa Monica, Calif.); Palisades Park (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Language
eng
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