Throwback Thursdays: Pacific Ocean Park Pier
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2020
- Pacific Ocean Park Pier
Presented by Christopher Merritt & Domenic Priore
Event and Q&A hosted by Rob Schwenker
July 9, 2020
Pacific Ocean Park-or “P.O.P.” as it was commonly known in Los Angeles from the '50s through the '70s, was extraordinary in both its glamorous rise and spectacular fall. As a family-oriented attraction in the '50s with modernist-styled rides designed by Hollywood's best, P.O.P.'s attendance occasionally surpassed that of Disneyland. Christopher Merritt and Domenic Priore's spectacular history includes hundreds of images, most of them unseen elsewhere, including original ride designs and illustrations (including Tiki-rich, space age, and nautical rides). P.O.P. was often widely featured in movies and television shows throughout the '60s. Its Cheetah auditorium hosted important early rock shows, including those by Ritchie Valens, The Doors, and Pink Floyd.
P.O.P. was located at the dividing line between Santa Monica and Venice, the only spot during Prohibition-era Los Angeles where residents were allowed to dance and consort in a carnival-like atmosphere.
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This is the best video you'll ever see about POP.
Every ride that I thought I imagined as a seven-year-old is documented here.
POP was absolutely the best competitor to Disneyland; sorry Knotts.
Just bought their book - so stoked to find this lecture and presentation! Excellent piece of history with lots of great pictures. Thanks!
Very interesting video!
Feel super nostalgic about the pier even though I have never been there 😄
A film called "The Witch Who Came from the Sea" (1976) has some great footage of the POP area during it's 'ruins' period. Some of the best I've come across since 'The Slams' (1973).
I was in the 7th grade and our class went to POP. I returned a few years later and saw The Smother's Brothers perform. Then in 1968 I saw Janis Joplin and Big Brother at the old ballroom.
They had one of those bucket rides in Magic Mountain, in July 1979 a couple died when the bucket fell off the cable in high winds.
Great presentation! I believe the actress with Tony Dow is NOT Cheryl Holdridge but is actually Beverly Washburn who also had appeared on "Leave It To Beaver." I'd also heard that the "Rotor" from POP ended up as the "Spin Out" at Magic Mountain.
The end of the TV program The Fugitive was shot there,