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Article: The Santa Monica Pier Turns 100.
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- Entertainment Close-up
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- September 16, 2009
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Back in 1909, when the Pier was first built, no one could have imagined that the Pier would survive to greet its 100th birthday on September 9. It certainly has had more than "nine" lives.
The Pier has stubbornly remained a constant, weathering the ferocious power of storms unleashed by Mother Nature, ravages of change and progress and economic hardships -- but it survived. In the 1970's a grassroots campaign to "Save Our Pier Forever" grew from a few members of the fishing community to the entire community and reversed the city council's decision to tear down the Pier. To the delight of national and international tourists, enthusiasm for the Pleasure Pier has ...