33.8893° N 118.3973° W
Manhattan Beach
Named on a coin flip by a New York developer. Walk streets, the Strand and the Sand Section's beach houses, with the pier at the foot of Manhattan Beach Boulevard.
History
How Manhattan Beach came to be.
- 1912
Manhattan Beach incorporates, and Willa and Charles Bruce open Bruce's Beach, a resort for Black Angelenos.
- 1920
The concrete pier is completed at the foot of Manhattan Beach Boulevard.
- 1924
The city takes Bruce's Beach by eminent domain, forcing out the Bruces and other Black families.
- 1920s
Crews level the dunes, and some of the sand is shipped to Hawaii for Waikiki.
- 2022
Los Angeles County returns Bruce's Beach to the Bruce family's descendants.
Points of interest
Places that define Manhattan Beach
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Fun facts
Things even locals forget
Named on a coin toss.
Developer Stewart Merrill flipped a coin to choose 'Manhattan' after his home borough.
Its sand built Waikiki.
Sand from the leveled dunes was shipped across the Pacific in the 1920s.
The Manhattan Beach Open.
The beach volleyball tournament here dates to 1960 and is often called the Wimbledon of the sport.
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