1984 Stanton 1990

Jeffrey Stanton Santa Monica Pier: A History from 1875 to 1990, Donahue Publishing: Los Angeles, CA, 1990, 1984

Chapter 6: City Owned Pier (1974-1990)

     ". . . in January 1984 . . .

     "Sinbad's restaurant was physically moved back forty feet, then forward forty feet to repair the pilings beneath it . . . Few realized that Sinbad's had been moved to its present location from its old location next to the billiard's building when the La Monica Ballroom was built in 1924.

     ". . . The PRC board selected Gail E. Markens [as director of the Pier Restoration Corporation] . . ." p. 163

     ". . . design contest team winner, March 1983, Moore, Ruble, and Yudall, with the landscape architectural firm Campbell and Campbell, proposed a 5000 square foot children's park with a concrete boat and dragon, a two hundred seat bleacher structure to accomodate volleyball spectators, and an extension of the pier deck east of the carousel connected by stairs and ramps to the Promenade below. Metal framed pavilions, would flank the bleachers . . .

     ". . . " p. 164

     ". . .

     ". . . the carousel managed to open in mid-August on the closing weekend of Los Angeles' 1984 Summer Olympics.

     ". . . Roy Cruickshank operated Skipper's, a fast food business in the northwest corner of the carousel building . . .

     ". . . [during renovations] he operated out of a popcorn cart in front of the carousel . . .

      ". . . Ernie Powell commented, "I'm of the theory that tells us a stronger pier is all we need. That's a less expensive way to go."

      ". . . " p. 165

(Back to Sources)

 Kelyn Roberts 2017