Jenny Pirie, Peter Kastner and Jeff Mudrick A Short History of Ocean Park, Ocean Park Community Organization, 1982, (With a 1983 update.) 15 pp. 1983, 1982, 1957, 1950s, 1940s, 1920s
" . . . With the City's blessings. Pacific Ocean Park was inaugurated in 1957, an amusement pier that harkened back to Ocean Park's pre-war "carnival" days. And the City took a major step toward assisting real estate development with the establishment of the Santa Monica Redevelopment Agency (RDA)."