Comments on: Marineland Restaurant, Palos Verdes, California, 1955

By: Steve F

Steve F — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:46:24 +0000

Yeah, well check out Bing Maps – a giant complex of some kind is taking over the peninsula!
http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&cp=pmpr205404dm&lvl=17&dir=0&sty=b

By: Lora

Lora — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:12:27 +0000

My first trip to Marineland was in 1962. My dad and I went there on our weekend visits together. I was fortunate to take a picture with my dad in the arena where they had their dolphin show and whale show. My dad has since passed away and I am so glad I have that picture of the greatest day that I spent with my dad. I have recently seen pictures of what has happened to Marineland, and I just cried. So many of us have precious memiories of this place and now it is just broken down and thrown aside. How could this of happened?

By: Jerry Foisel

Jerry Foisel — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:57:10 +0000

Re: “Clark says:”

Thanks for that update Clark! I was waiting to see what “they” would build. A similar restaurant too is in the new Terranea (sounds like the imaginary Country from “Bad Ronald”).
DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN LAUNCH A KAYAK AT THE BEACH THEY ADVERTISE? I have a Hobie Mirage I’d love to cruise there with.

THANKS-ALL!

By: Jerry Foisel

Jerry Foisel — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:54:24 +0000

No. The old seashells either fell off in the humid salt air that finally invaded the old “space-age-rotunda” restaurant… or were simply pulled off by other Urban Explorer’s like myself.
I went back looking for cherished, old, memories, fueled by Dad’s old 8-millimeter home movies (Vivian Leigh stopped by that day… all bundled up like a mummy in sunglasses).
The only thing left of Bubble’s old tank was a dirt lot. There was something called The Baja Reef that I climbed into and walked through.
God. What a sad loss. And most amazingly… NOTHING HAS BEEN BUILT UPON THE OLD MARINELAND PROPERTY YET!
I heard the locals still calling the ruins of the old Marineland Motel and beach access… MARINELAND (even after decades of it being gone!).

By: Clark

Clark — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:51:17 +0000

If you want to see what will become of the former Marineland site, check out http://www.terranea.com/ . Just what we need – more upscale McMansions for the nouveau riche :^P

By: Candice Spangler

Candice Spangler — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:58:34 +0000

I just wanted to thank you for your slides. Born and raised in Southern California, Marineland was my first field trip (1st grade). I like to tell people how my parents were going to move to Palos Verdes in the 1940s because they couldn’t afford to move to Inglewood where my father worked at the time! I am looking forward to your slides.

Thank you, Candice Spangler

By: Ron Garcia

Ron Garcia — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:00:01 +0000

Charles, I just wanted to send you a quick email and to rave about your recent slide show at the Curtis Theater in Brea. I not only went on Friday but went again on Saturday and enjoyed the walk down memory lane with tons of laughter as a companion. My family moved to Pico Rivera in 1968 and I clearly remember being about 5 or 6 years old and my parents commenting on how you could see the remnants of the old Streamland Amusement park as we ascended on Rosemead Blvd going north in our 390 powered 68′ Metallic Blue Ford County Squire Station Wagon….I always did wonder how it looked, well, now I know – by the way, was there a drought when those slides were taken?? I looks more like Mojave then Pico! Thanks, Charles and it looks like I will be going to see you again at the Ford Theater in May. Have a great day!