SANTA MONICA PIER, A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ICON
Santa Monica is known around the world as a center for the arts.
Many thousands of people enjoy the free summer concerts on the Santa Monica Pier.
The Pier's carousel is one of the finest in the world and perfectly preserved.



Santa Monica, with its beachfront on beautiful Santa Monica Bay, its fine hotels,
wonderful restaurants and convenient shopping, attracts visitors in all seasons.
Throughout the year, there are music, dance and theatre performances,
and gallery exhibitions of the most exciting new artists.

D'Lynn Waldron was one of the leaders in saving the Santa Monica Pier
from demolition for an up-market resort complex in the early 1970's.
When she was in England in the 1970s and 80's, working with the British government
to promote tourism and exports including English farmhouse specialty cheeses
she became involved in saving the Brighton Pier.