In 1983, the city formed a Pier Restoration and Development Task Force (now the Pier Restoration Corporation), tasked with returning the pier to its former glory. In the 1980s, the pier was almost destroyed by winter storms. The city acquired ownership of the privately owned pier in summer 1974. Local activists formed Save Santa Monica Bay and shot down that plan, and in 1973, the city formally revoked a standing order to demolish the pier. The city council approved a plan to replace the pier with a resort island in Santa Monica Bay. Over the next several decades the city of Santa Monica proposed various plans to tear down Newcomb Pier. During the 1930s, the pier was mainly used as a ferry landing, while most of the pier was closed down and its attractions sold off. The Pleasure Pier thrived during the 1920s but faded during the Great Depression. Attractions on the Pleasure Pier eventually included the Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome building (which now houses the current carousel and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places), the Blue Streak Racer wooden roller coaster (which was purchased from the defunct Wonderland amusement park in San Diego), the Whip, merry-go-rounds, Wurlitzer organs, and a funhouse. The two piers are now both considered to be part of Santa Monica Pier. Looff, who built Coney Island's first carousel, started construction on an adjacent pier known as the Pleasure Pier, also called Newcomb Pier, for use as an amusement park. Santa Monica Municipal Pier opened in 1909 it was primarily to carry sewer pipes out beyond the breakers and had no amenities. In 2020, it featured in the opening ident for the sky television channel Sky Comedy. It has appeared in over 500 movies and television shows such as Fat Albert, Hannah Montana, Hannah Montana: The Movie, Kidsongs, 90210, Bean, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, as well as the popular video game Grand Theft Auto V. Pacific Park is also home to 14 midway games and over-the-ocean food and retail outlets. There are a total of thirteen rides in Pacific Park, including the world's first and only solar-powered ferris wheel that provides a view of the Pacific Ocean and a roller coaster that circles the majority of the park. It is the only amusement park directly located on the West Coast of the United States located on a pier and LA's only admission-free park. The park, located on the Santa Monica Pier, looks directly out on the Pacific Ocean, in the direction of Catalina Island. Pacific Park is an oceanfront amusement park located in Santa Monica, California. "LA's only admission-free amusement park" "The Family Amusement Park on the Santa Monica Pier"
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