Santa Monica, Los Angeles

At Santa Monica you can visit the Santa Monica Pier where you will find the famous restaurant Bubba Gump frpm the movie Forest Gump.
Here you will allways find alot of people walking and enjoying the surroundings.
People are fishing from the pier, streetmusicans having a show and why not take a ride at the tivoli.

Here is where the famous route 66 ends.

Santa Monica has had several piers; however, the current Santa Monica Pier is made up of two adjoining piers that long had separate owners.The long, narrow Municipal Pier opened September 9, 1909.

The short, wide adjoining Pleasure Pier to the south, also known as Newcomb Pier, was built in 1916 by Charles I. D. Looff and his son Arthur, amusement park pioneers.

Attractions on the Pleasure Pier eventually included the Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome building (which now houses the current carousel and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places), the Blue Streak Racer wooden roller coaster (which was purchased from the defunct Wonderland amusement park in San Diego), the Whip, merry-go-rounds, Wurlitzer organs, and a funhouse.

The Philadelphia Toboggan Company built the Carousel, PTC #62, in 1922. It features 44 hand-carved horses. It was rebuilt in 1990 inside the Hippodrome. 

A calliope provides musical accompaniment. The City of Santa Monica created a non-profit in response to the damage and called it Santa Monica Pier Restoration Corporation (SMPRC).

SMPRC conducted the daily operations of the Santa Monica Pier, such as managing events, filming, promotions, tenants, and street performers.

SMPRC has produced the Santa Monica Pier Paddle Board Race and the Twilight Summer Concert Series.

Also, in 2011, SMPRC changed the company name to the Santa Monica Pier Corporation (SMPC).

Here is a video from our visit to Santa Monica Pier:

Here is where you can find more information about Santa Monica Pier: https://www.santamonicapier.org/

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