It has come up a lot recently, ‘where the heck was Pacific Ocean Park anyway?’.
Pacific Ocean Park, also known as POP, and most often pronounced Pee-Oh-Pee, was located between Pier and Navy, where now we find the luxury low-rise housing complex called Sea Colony.
Opened in 1958 and closed in 1967, it’s surprising to me to notice that such an iconic name from ‘our’ youth operated for less than 10 years. The city didn’t actually tear down the pier until 1975.