Pacific City - San Mateo, CA - E Clampus Vitus Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

"PACIFIC CITY
THE IDEA TO BUILD AN AMUSEMENT PARK AT THIS SITE WAS CONCEIVED BY LOCAL
CIVIC LEADERS. THIS PARK WOULD RIVAL THOSE AT CONEY ISLAND AND ATLANTIC
CITY.
THE PACIFIC CITY SITE WAS 90 ACRES, STRETCHING FROM PENINSULA AVENUE TO
BURLINGAME AVENUE AND THE BAY SHORELINE TO COYOTE POINT. CONSTRUCTION
BEGAN IN EARLY 1922.
PACIFIC CITY COST NEARLY ONE MILLION DOLLARS. THE PARK HAD A 3200-FOOT
BOARDWALK ALONG THE SANDY BEACH, 468 FOOT PLEASURE PIER, WHITE MAPLE
FLOOR DANCE PAVILION (LARGEST IN THE WEST), GIANT FERRIS WHEEL, FEARSOME
ROLLER COASTER RIDE CALLED "THE COMET" (SAID TO BE THE SECOND LARGEST IN
THE USA AND FASTEST IN THE WEST), AND A COLORFUL MERRY-GO-ROUND. MANY EATING
ESTABLISHMENTS WERE AVAILABLE INCLUDING THE "OCEAN WAVE", AN ELEGANT
RESTAURANT LOCATED AT PIERS' END.
ON OPENING DAY, JULY 1, 1922, 27,000 VISITORS ARRIVED. THE ATTENDANCE CLIMBED
TO A RECORD-SETTING 100,000 VISITORS ON JULY 4, 1922. LATER, COLD WINDS AND
FOUL ODORS OF SEWAGE-POLLUTED WATERS DISCOURAGED ATTENDANCE. BY THE CLOSE
OF 1923, PACIFIC CITY'S LIGHTS WENT OUT, THE OWNERS BANKRUPT.
THE DANCE PAVILION REMAINED AS A ROLLER SKATING RINK UNTIL IT WAS DE-
MOLISHED IN 1946. THE LAST VESTIGE OF PACIFIC CITY, THE PLEASURE PIER, WAS
REMOVED IN THE MID 1950'S.
PLAQUE DEDICATED OCTOBER 2, 1999 (6004 C.Y.)
BY CAPITULUS REDIVIVUS YERBA BUENA #1
ANCIENT & HONORABLE ORDER OF E CLAMPUS VITUS
CREDO QUIA ABSURDUM"

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