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title: "Pacific Ocean Park: The Rise and Fall of Los Angeles' Space Age Nautical Pleasure Pier"
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price: "€ 69.75"
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# Pacific Ocean Park: The Rise and Fall of Los Angeles' Space Age Nautical Pleasure Pier

**Brand:** christopher merrittdomenic priorebrian wilson
**Price:** € 69.75
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- **What is this?** Pacific Ocean Park: The Rise and Fall of Los Angeles' Space Age Nautical Pleasure Pier by christopher merrittdomenic priorebrian wilson
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Pacific Ocean Park: The Rise and Fall of Los Angeles' Space Age Nautical Pleasure Pier

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## Customer Reviews

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    PACIFIC OCEAN PARK Rises From Its Watery Grave One Last Time.
  

*by D***N on Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2014*

This lovely book far exceeded my hopes and expectations for it. POP is such a long-gone, forgotten bit of my childhood that it's hard now to believe it ever was real except when one sees it in an old TV show or movie on METV or ANNTENNAE TV (The final confrontation between Richard Kimble and the one-armed man in THE FUGATIVE took place in POP), but as a kid I loved its "Flight to Mars," its Magic Flying Carpet dark ride, it silly Tub dark ride, its great mirror maze (Immortalized in a classic TWILIGHT ZONE episode), it's wacky banana train ride, and its super rollercoaster. I have vivid memories of riding in the sky ride bubbles out over the sea with my dad and my brother. Dad, my brother and POP are all long gone now, but this book has brought it and them back.The story the book tells (Because the text is as wonderful as the hundreds of pictures) is a fascinating one of greed, stupidity, red-tape, government ineptitude, and more greed. I'd always wondered why POP only survived for 9 years while Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm go on and on, seemingly immortal. After reading this book (And I devoured every word in it), I now wonder how it stayed opened for as long as it managed. (Just reading the hilarious paragraph describing the hideous cost-saving practices in the food courts during its waning days will turn your stomache. "Don't eat the cold slaw, it was black this morning. He's colored it." Watered-down ketchum, rancid mayonaisse, the cheapest legal hot dogs fillings, an employee disciplined for throwing out pizza dough covered in mold.) The idiotic idea to fire all the designers and art directors two years after opening because it was "All designed now" was particularly hilariously stupid. It's like Walt Disney firing all his Imagineers in 1958, because, you know, Disneyland is finished now.Because when the Turf Club and CBS sold it after it became clear that it could never be profitable, the park went into the hands of non-creative businessmen, men for whom "Creativity" was turning a profit on a parcel of land three times over, and the creativity that a place like POP needs to thrive was replaced by greedy, rapacious money-men. Disaster was inevitable.The lengthy final chapter, describing the park's withering, it's ultimate failure, and the long slow rotting-in-public that it endured for years, as businessmen wrangled to try to squeeze out more profit where none was ever to be had while a veritable parade of inept government agencies for two cities (The park straddled a city border, half in Santa Monica, half in Venice), the state and the Feds made its demolition increasingly impossible, even as its rotting hulk became ever-more-dangerous, is a sobering and fascinating read.When I was young, I loved POP. Now I'm old, and I love this book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Memory Lane eye candy
  

*by B***L on Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2022*

Boy did this book bring back some wonderful memories of a family trip from southeast Colorado to Southern California and our time at POP.Let me say this, if anyone ever went to POP, you need this book. It is a joy to read and relive the wonders of a bygone day!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Ahead of its time!
  

*by S***T on Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2020*

I became obsessed with this place when I saw it on a rerun of an episode of Get Smart (The Wax Max: episode 20 of season 3) when I was in my teens! Sometime in the 90’! By the time I discovered Pacific Ocean Park it was completely gone! Nothing left! This book tells the story from the idea of Pacific Ocean Park to The construction, to renovation, to the struggling to keep it afloat (no pun intended!) and finally to the fires, decline and ultimate demolition. Plenty of excellent photos of all the fun rides, games, “worlds” and celebrities! And sadly photos of the end as well. Seemed like such an awesome place to visit! Come to find out it’s been featured in many tv shows other than get smart. The Invaders, the man from U.N.C.L.E and the Fugitive to name a few! And of course the movie Lords of Dogtown! Highly recommended this book! I started from the beginning but found myself skipping all around checking out all the different attractions, the downfall and then coming back to the beginning! It sits on my table so pick it up and look through it often! We get to read and see all about a forgotten magical place from the ‘50s and ‘60s! Although we can forget about the seals, Dink the chimp and pink, yes, Pink elephant Popsie. I’m sure that wasn’t very magical. Other then that it definitely seemed like a pretty cool and state of the art Amusement park that we’ll never get to experience...

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