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Agenda - City of Santa Monica

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1909 - The Municipal Pier is built, joining with the Newcomb Pier to become our beloved <strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Monica</strong> Pier.<br />

1912 - Ocean Park Pier burns down, as does the “Million Dollar” amusement pier built in its place.<br />

1916 – The Carousel Building is built by Charles Lo<strong>of</strong>f. It has been faithfully restored in 1983, and remains one <strong>of</strong> the few surviving<br />

all-wooden Carousels in the world.<br />

1917 - Sightings <strong>of</strong> a great Sea Serpent take the town by storm, until the monster is realized to be a giant string <strong>of</strong> kelp.<br />

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE<br />

739 ALLSTON WAY<br />

BERKELEY, CA 94710<br />

1920 - Beach volleyball fi rst appears on the shores <strong>of</strong> <strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Monica</strong>.<br />

1936 - Route 66 is extended from Downtown Los Angeles to <strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Monica</strong>.<br />

1938 – <strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Monica</strong> <strong>City</strong> Hall is built by architects Donald B. Parkinson and Joseph M. Estep in the style <strong>of</strong> Deco Moderne.<br />

1945 – KCRW is founded as the College Radio Workshop to train servicemen returning from World War II in the then-new technology,<br />

FM broadcasting.<br />

1961 – The last <strong>of</strong> <strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Monica</strong>’s Red Cars is retired, a relic <strong>of</strong> the fi rst rail system built in the late 1800s.<br />

1982 – Sylvester Stallone (Rocky Balboa) trains on the streets <strong>of</strong> <strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Monica</strong> in Rocky III.<br />

2010 - <strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Monica</strong>’s population grew from 417 in 1880 to 89,736 in 2010.<br />

EXAMPLES OF POTENTIAL TIMELINE TEXT<br />

COLORADO ESPLANADE<br />

CITY OF SANTA MONICA<br />

26’<br />

12’<br />

6’<br />

Timeline<br />

c c c c c c c c c c<br />

2013<br />

1990<br />

1982<br />

1961<br />

1960<br />

1945<br />

1936<br />

1916<br />

1912<br />

1909<br />

METRO LIGHT RAIL<br />

In 2015<br />

The Municipal Pier is<br />

built, joining with the<br />

Newcomb Pier to<br />

become our beloved <strong>Santa</strong><br />

<strong>Monica</strong> Pier. The pier, the<br />

oldest in California, is half a<br />

mile long and is built from<br />

wood cut down from forests<br />

in Oregon.<br />

INFORMATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE<br />

POLES AS INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS<br />

Scale: 1” = 1’-0”<br />

TIMELINE CONCEPT<br />

INFORMATIONAL GRAPHICS<br />

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