Top of the Ocean Restaurant - Tacoma, WA
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N 47° 16.573 W 122° 28.006
10T E 540329 N 5235997
The "Top of the Ocean" was a restaurant and dance hall shaped like an ocean liner and built on piers on Tacoma's waterfront. It was opened in 1946 and was considered Tacoma's top night spot for years.
Waymark Code: WM3E4X
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 03/22/2008
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The "Top of the Ocean" was a restaurant and dance hall shaped like an ocean liner and built on piers on Tacoma's waterfront. It was opened in 1946 and was considered Tacoma's top night spot for years. In 1977 it was burnt to the ground (water?) in a string of arson considered to be connected to organized crime.
The Louis Grenier Orchestra provided live dance music for dancing and underwater floodlights lit the surrounding water, producing an eerie green. Diners could either arrive by car, or by water.
This replica was sculpted and placed at the site of the restaurant, now a public dock on Tacom's waterfront, in October 2007.
Where is original located?: Was located at same site
Where is this replica located?: At public dock, Ruston Way; Commencement Bay, Puget Sound
Who created the original?: Tacoma Area Restauranteurs
Internet Link about Original: http://search.tacomapubliclibrary.org/southsound/southsound.asp?now=29-August-2007
Year Original was Created (approx. ok): 1946
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