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Old 02-02-2019, 09:45 PM
 
Location: West Los Angeles and Rancho Palos Verdes
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It's safe to say that a more distinctive pier never adorned the Southern California shore. Unlike the many pleasure piers that stretched beyond the breakers only to dead-end above the ocean's swells, the Rainbow Pier in Long Beach extended more than a quarter-mile into the cold Pacific before arcing back to shore. The 3,800-foot-long structure resembled a giant horseshoe, or a rainbow -- hence its name.

But its shape was not all that made the Rainbow Pier unique. It was also among the first of its kind designed explicitly for the automobile. Built atop a granite breakwater, the pier's roadway could easily support the weight of a motorcar. And the fact that the road returned to shore eliminated the need for awkward turnarounds.
https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/p...qHf-fJMGbZqa14
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Old 02-04-2019, 01:03 PM
 
Location: So Cal
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Wow, I live in Long Beach. I've never heard of that.
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Old 02-17-2019, 05:55 PM
 
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Cool, I'd never heard of that either. Looks like it's about where the Long Beach Arena is now.

I'm sure buried in City-Data are articles and photos of the Long Wharf in the Santa Monica Area.
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Old 02-17-2019, 06:00 PM
 
Location: West Los Angeles and Rancho Palos Verdes
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Cool, I'd never heard of that either. Looks like it's about where the Long Beach Arena is now.

I'm sure buried in City-Data are articles and photos of the Long Wharf in the Santa Monica Area.
I've never heard of that, but I did make a thread about the POP:

//www.city-data.com/forum/los-a...ark-santa.html
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Old 02-17-2019, 06:26 PM
 
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Yep remember that pier as I was a child going to events at the
https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/p...qHf-fJMGbZqa14
Yep I remember that as I was a child and went to events at the arena and to the Pike.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pike
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Old 02-17-2019, 08:11 PM
 
Location: Houston
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Wow, I live in Long Beach. I've never heard of that.
I lived in Long Bch, collectively about 5 years and had heard of The Pike, but not this gem. I do remember that there is a body of water next to the new Convention Ctr named “Rainbow Lagoon”- obviously a nod to the past. Now it makes sense! I was trying to figure out some of those buildings, but had no luck. I do remember that there was a very old movie theater on Ocean Bl (west of Pine) that was there in 91 when I moved there, but demolished shortly after. I wonder if Huell Howser ever covered this in Calif Gold?
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