The Santa Monica Pier was built to run sewage into the ocean in 1909. The amusement park concept developed in 1916 during the heyday of pleasure piers, which populated coastal towns nationwide. Today, ...

For more than a century, the Santa Monica Pier has weathered through storms, private development and a lack of funds. It was built in 1909 to run sewage into the ocean and then developed into an ...

In the peak of summer, crowds crisscross the Colorado intersection, slowly shuffling their way onto the giant jetty and towards the peaceful Pacific Ocean. A multitude of sounds echo through the air ...