Today, it's one of the few that remain. By the 1960s, the pier was no longer viable for Santa Monica and City Manager Perry Scott was tasked with turning it around. Voters rejected a plan to ...

Santa Monica Pier is nothing short of iconic ... the Santa Monica coastline had been discussed as far back as the early 1960s and included converting the breakwater into a causeway connecting ...

A Route 66 sign, perched on a pole at the famed Santa Monica pier, advertises the spot as the “end of the trail.” But for ...

Excerpted from "Santa Monica Pier: America’s Last Great Pleasure Pier" by James Harris (Angel City Press, 2024) For more than two decades, James Harris has been the executive director of the ...

“So the Santa Monica Pier is in one of the most iconic movies ... The merry-go-round building played a role in the 1960 film “Night Tide,” which is perhaps best known as Dennis Hopper ...

the Santa Monica Pier is the beach's most recognizable landmark. Not only will you see it in countless photos of the city, but you'll also catch a glimpse of it in several films, including ...