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Santa Cruz Swimming Baths at the Boardwalk, Pacific Novelty Company Postcards, circa 1910. Fred W. Swanton formed the Santa Cruz Beach, Cottage, and Tent City Corporation in 1903 and the following year, the City of Santa Cruz granted permission for commercial buildings to be built. On 14 June 1904, the Neptune Casino opened with an arcade ...
The Santa Cruz Wharf is a wharf in Santa Cruz, California, United States, known for fishing, boat tours, viewing sea lions, dining, nightlife and gift shops. The current wharf was built in 1914, the last of six built on the site, and is operated by the City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation Office. The wharf is situated between Main Beach ...
Bank of Santa Cruz County. Bank of Santa Cruz County. March 15, 1982. (#82002273) 1502 Pacific Ave. 36°58′31″N 122°01′31″W / 36.975278°N 122.025278°W / 36.975278; -122.025278 (Bank of Santa Cruz County) Santa Cruz. Following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, most of the building was demolished. The two stone-faced ...
The Santa Cruz Railroad opened in 1874, but Santa Cruz did not become a resort destination. The Santa Cruz Railroad became part of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1881. Santa Cruz became a resort in 1887, when the railroad shorted the line to Santa Cruz. Fred W. Swanton first built a casino, Neptune's Casino, and a beach tent city in 1904. The ...
cityofsantacruz.com. Santa Cruz (Spanish for "Holy Cross") is the largest city and the county seat of Santa Cruz County, in Northern California. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 62,956. [ 10 ] Situated on the northern edge of Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz is a popular tourist destination, owing to its beaches, surf culture, and ...
February 24, 1987 [2] Santa Cruz Looff Carousel and Roller Coaster On The Beach Boardwalk is a National Historic Landmark composed of two parts, a Looff carousel and the Giant Dipper wooden roller coaster, at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in Santa Cruz, California, United States. They are among the oldest surviving beachfront amusement park ...
38 acres (15 ha) Established. 1978. Governing body. California Department of Parks and Recreation. Lighthouse Field State Beach is a protected beach in the state park system of California, United States. It is located in the city of Santa Cruz at the north end of Monterey Bay. The beach overlooks the Steamer Lane surfing hotspot.
Castroville is located in northern Monterey County at coordinates 36°45′57″N 121°45′29″W. It is 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Salinas, the Monterey county seat; 16 miles (26 km) northeast of Monterey; and 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Santa Cruz. Prunedale, along U.S. Route 101, is 5 miles (8 km) to the east.