The Pike Long Beach California
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Published 2019-06-30
All Comments (21)
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Thank you for posting this. I remember The Cyclone at the Long Beach Pike, in the early 50โs. We lived nearby. When I was about 3 or 4, my two older sisters took me there. That may be why I am terrified of heights!
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Thanks for sharing. ๐
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This is where I got my only tattoo as a sailor. And yes, I was drunk. But the tattoo came out great. We used to go down there all the time in the '60s. It was a little run down but we still had a good time. It was still a great place to meet pretty girls. California has more of those than anywhere else.
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Tattoo shops on almost every corner, guys at stands betting they can guess your age, and the smell of popcorn, cotton candy, saltwater taffy, and the ocean, all mixed together. And sailors, sailors, and more sailors! For you folks that werenโt here back in those days, you have no idea what you missed! Long Beach has lost a real gem.
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i remember the penny arcades as a child growing up, great memories
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I rode on that roller coaster when I was a kid, cost 25 cents๐
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Thanks Ed, this brought back a lot of memories ๐๐๐๐
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It's a tragedy so many of these wonderful places have come and gone.
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I remember my friend and I going in that place back in the 70s two black girls had a great time
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I rode on the roller coaster too a long time ago in my teens and I'm 74 now been many moons ago!!!
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More for adults ,sailors eveywhere,gritty ,seedy...loved it in '50's,'60's...as a teeny weeny kido..
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The roller coaster shut down the year I started working in LB, circa 1968. The Navy was a mainstay in LB, from the early 40's until the mid 90's. When they shut everything and left.
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MEMORIES!๐
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The Pike is a fond memory for me as a kid. Especially the Cyclone coaster (I remember hearing it derailed into the ocean once) and the Salt Water Taffy stand!
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There were always lots of sailors walking the Pike. Locker clubs where they kept their civies. I was a Navy wife living on Pine , a short walk to the Pike and beach.
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I was a young sailor in the early 60's. Got assigned to a Destroyer at Long Beach Naval Station. The Pike was a hive of all that is Negative and warned by my Fellow Shipmates to stay away from it.
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Why tear all this great history down. I can't wait til they tear down what's down there now. Lol
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The rollercoaster was fun!
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All gone now just for some places to eat and shop.. so sad.. the whole LongBeach shore has no boardwalk like Venice, no amusement park like Santa Monica or LongBeach own past "Pike" , just waveless beaches, trash from LA River, a deteriorating queen Mary, and a dog beach. ๐ค
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In 1967, the final episode of THE FUGITIVE tv show had its climatic scene filmed at the PIKE, where Richard Kimble finally catches up with and fights the infamous One-Armed Man!@
