Santa Monica Pier: 100 Years Of California Dreams

Courtesy NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Sat, 09/05/2009 - 10:47pm

Traveling westward along California's Route 66, the Santa Monica Pier rises just as the highway ends and the Pacific coast begins, its marquee Ferris wheel hovering majestically over the ocean.

In celebration of the pier's centennial, Renee Montagne walks the wooden planks and speaks to some of the locals.

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