VISITING WITH HUELL HOWSER IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE PARSON'S FOUNDATION.

>> Huell: HELLO I'M HUELL HOWSER.

AND HERE WE ARE IN THE BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN.

WE'RE STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOST HISTORIC PLACES IN ALL OF LONG BEACH.

MAYBE IN ALL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

OUR TOUR GUIDE TODAY IS KEN LARKY, AND KEN, LET'S LET EVERYBODY KNOW YOU'VE WRITTEN THIS WOOK BOOK ON THIS PLACE RIGHT KNOW WHERE WE'RE STANDING.

AT FIRST GLANCE IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH.

>> THIS IS THE HEART OF THE PIKE.

>> Huell: THE PIKE?

>> THE PIKE.

>> Huell: FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE BORN AND RAISED IN CALIFORNIA THAT NAME WOULD MEAN SOMETHING.

BUT EXPLAIN TO EVERYBODY ELSE WHAT IT WAS.

>> IT WAS AN AMUSEMENT ZONE.

ONE OF THE MOST, I GUESS, FAMOUS ONE ON THE COAST.

EVEN OVER VENICE AND SANTA MONICA AND OVER TO SANTA CRUZ.

THE ONE WHO HAD THE ONLY DOUBLE ROLLER COASTER.

>> Huell: LET'S START FROM THE BEGINNING.

BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THESE WONDERFUL POST CARDS, IT STARTED AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY?

>> YES, THERE WERE SOME PICTURES IN THE 1888.

AND IT WAS OPEN 1904, THE BATHHOUSE.

>> Huell: WHAT WAS THE CONCEPT OF THE BATHHOUSE?

>> I DON'T KNOW THAT WAS THE GREAT THING TO HAVE BATHHOUSES IN THE BEACHES.

AND ONE WITH PILLARS AND BEAUTIFUL LOOKING BUILDINGS, OUTLINES WITH LIGHT BULBS AT NIGHT.

AND SO IT WAS A PLACE TO COME.

>> Huell: KIND OF LIKE AN INDOOR SWIMMING POOL.

>> YES.

>> Huell: THE PIKE STARTED THIS LITTLE ENTRANCE WAY.

>> IN LATER YEARS, THAT WAS BUILT OVER THE MIDWAY.

THEY BROUGHT THE PROPERTY THERE.

IT WAS WHAT THEY HAD INGRESS.

IF THEY HADN'T, THERE WOULD NOT BE AN INTEREST IN THE PIKE.

>> Huell: WHEN PEOPLE CAME TO THE PIKE, WHAT WAS HERE?

>> IT WAS ALL BEACH, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS SAND.

THIS IS ALL BUILT ON SAND IN THE OLD BEACH.

THE OLD WOODEN,--THAT WAS THE SOCIAL CENTER OF LONG BEACH THEY HAD DANCES THERE.

AND SHITAWAA WAS THERE.

THIS WAS A PLACE TO HAVE FUN.

>> Huell: ALL RIGHT.

IT QUICKLY BECAME IN THE 30s, 20s, THE 40s, THE 50s, THERE WAS THE PLACE TO COME.

THIS AMAZING PICTURES OF DIFFERENT RIDES.

ONE OF THEM WAS CALLED THE BAMBOO WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?

>> IT WAS BUILT, MADE WITH BAMBOO, AND IT WAS A SLIDE.

AND NE HAD FANNY SACKS OR LITTLE CARPETS THAT THEY SAT ON.

AND IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BAN ABOUT, BANBOO, IT SPLINTERS.

>> Huell: BUT WHAT THIS THRILL RIDE?

>> THIS WAS BEFORE THE SLIDE.

THAT WAS THE GONDOLA AND YOU COME CIRCLING DOWN THE TRACK.

THAT WAS A THRILL RIDE IN THOSE DAYS.

>> Huell: LET'S WALK DOWN, THIS IS WHAT?

THE MAIN?

>> THE MIDWAY.

AND ALSO IT WAS THE WALK OF THE THOUSANDS LIGHTS.

>> Huell: NOW WAIT A MINUTE WHAT WAS THE WALK OF THE THOUSANDS LIGHTS.

>> FOR NIGHT TIME THRILLS THEY STRUNG BARE LIGHT BULBS ALL ACROSS AND THERE WAS A THOUSANDS OF THEM.

AND YOU CAN SEE THEM IN SOME OF THE PICTURES.

AND THAT'S HOW IT GOT ITS NAME.

>> SO THEY WERE ALWAYS THINKING OF WAYS TO PRO MOST THIS.

>> YES, EVEN A BATHING BEAUTY CONTEST.

AND THE CONTEST ENDED UP OVER THE OLD VIRGINIA HOTEL.

>> Huell: NOW THE 800 GORILLA WAS THE ROLLER COASTER.

AND I'VE SEEN PICTURES, IT WAS A MONSTER.

>> IT WAS THE LARGEST IN THE WEST COAST.

I ROAD IT WHEN I WAS TEN YEARS OLD.

I WENT WITH MY BROTHER AND FRIEND.

AND SO THREE OF US SAT ON THE SEAT, AND I WENT IN BETWEEN THE SEAT AND ON THE FLOOR, I SHOULD SAY, AND THE GIRL IN THE NEXT CAR YELLED.

HE FELL OUT AND HE FELL OUT.

AND EVERY TIME I TRIED TO GET UP, IT WENT DOWN ANOTHER DIP, I WAS TRYING TO GET OUT.

>> Huell: WELL, YOU ONLY ROAD IT ONCE.

>> I ONLY ROAD IT ONCE.

THE SIGN SAID, FUN ZONE, AND THAT'S WHERE THE ROLLER COASTER WAS.

>> Huell: IT WAS A BIG WOODEN COASTER.

AND WE HAVE THIS CLIP OF A MOVIE THAT WAS SHOT HERE.

THEY DID SOME AMAZING TRICKS.

JUST LOOK AT THE PHOTOGRAPHY, IT LOOKS SCARY.

>> IT WAS SCARY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD NOT GO ON IT AGAIN.

IN FRONT OF IT, THEY HAD WOODEN BENCHES.

>> Huell: AND YOU WOULD LISTEN TO PEOPLE SCREAM.

>> THEY WOULD SCREAM ALL RIGHT.

YOU HEAR THEM ON THE FILM.

BUT THERE WAS AN INTERESTING THING THAT CAME OUT, THEY CAME OUT OF THERE.

>> Huell: WELL THE RIDES WERE A BIG THING OF THE PIKE.

THERE WAS ANOTHER THING AND THAT WAS THE PART OF THE PIKE THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAILOR.

>> RIGHT.

THIS IS THE MIDWAY HERE, AND CALLED SEA SIDE WALK WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE NAVY LANDING.

AND WHEN THEY GOT OFF THE SHIP THEY CAME DOWN THIS SEA SIDE WALK WHICH ALSO HAD NAVY LOCKER CLUBS WHERE THEY CAN CHANGE TO CIVILIAN CLOTHES.

AND THEY WERE RIGHT HERE AT THE PIKE AND THEY CAN SPEND ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT HERE.

>> SOME LIQUID REFRESHMENTS.

>> RIGHT, THAT CAME LATER.

AND RIGHT HERE AT THIS LOCATION RIGHT HERE, IS WHERE THE MILITARY POLICE OR SHORT PATROL HAD THEIR PATTY WAGON.

>> Huell: THEY LOADED UP THE WILD SAILORS AND TAKE THEM--.

>> TO THE BRIGZ.

>> Huell: AND THEN THEY WOULD BE BACK OUT THE NEXT TIME?

>> YEAH, BUT MAYBE THEY LEARNED THE LESSON.

THIS IS THE MAJISTIC BALLROOM.

>> Huell: THEY HAD EVERYTHING HERE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> Huell: YOU ROAD THE ROLLER COASTER ONCE AND YOU'VE GOT A GREAT STORY.

WE'VE GOT ANOTHER FELLOW HERE.

WE JUST MET THIS MAN TODAY.

WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

>> RAY COAX.

>> Huell: HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE EARLY YEARS.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE PIKE?

>> WELL, I OVERHEARD HIM TELLING ABOUT THE BRIDGE HERE.

WE HAD A WOODEN BRIDGE AND YOU CAN WALK FROM THE NAVY LINE.

ALL THE SHIPS WHICH WE HAD 16 BATTLE SHIPS, 26 CRUISERS, SOME DESTROYERS AND SATOGAN, ALL SHIPS IN THOSE DAYS NEVER TIED UP TO A PIER, THEY WERE ALL BROUGHT IN BY BOATS.

AND THEY TOOK YOU TO YOUR HOME IF YOU LIVED HERE.

AND THEN THE MAIN LINE STATION WAS UP HERE IN PACIFIC AND VINE.

>> Huell: WAIT A MINUTE LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PIKE.

>> VERY FEW PEOPLE TOOK ANYTHING BUT THE PIKE.

IN 1933 IS WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE.

>> Huell: WHAT WAS IT LIKE?

>> WELL WHAT IMPRESSED ME WAS THE ROLLER COASTER.

AND THERE WAS THIS BARBECUE AND A THEATER AND BALLROOM WAS ABOUT 30 GIRLS LINED AROUND AND THEY HIRED REAL YOUNG LOOKING GIRL.

AND IT WAS 5¢ OR 10¢ A DANCE.

AND THE GIRLS YOU STARTED DANCING WITH YOU FELL IN LOVE WITH.

>> Huell: DID YOU DO THAT.

>> NO I STILL HAD MY HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART.

SO SHE WAS WITH ME ON THE PIKE FROM 35 TO 37.

>> Huell: SO YOU COULD COME HERE TO HANG OUT?

>> NO EVERYTHING WAS HERE, THIS WAS A THEME PARK.

JUST LIKE DISNEYLAND, ALL YOUR SIDE SHOWS.

SHOOTING GALLERIES, THEATER, GHOST TOWN, THEY HAD MUSIC.

YOU CAN SEE ANYTHING DOWN HERE, A THEME PARK.

>> Huell: I'VE SEEN ALL THE PICTURES.

THE PLACE WAS CROWDED PEOPLE SHOULDER TO SHOULDER AROUND HERE.

>> WE HAD ABOUT 30,000 SAILORS OUT HERE.

AND 3/4s OF THIS.

WE HAD A LOT OF SAILORS DOWN HERE.

AND AFTER WE HAD A FAMILY STARTED, BROUGHT THE DAUGHTER DOWN HERE.

AND YOU GOT TO KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT OPERATED THE CART SHOPS, SHOWING YOU PICTURES OF THE PIKE AND OF LONG BEACH.

AND THE ROLLER COASTER.

AND OF YOUR SHIP DANCE.

THIS LADY HAD A PICTURE 11 BY 8 OF EVERY SHIP OF THE NAVY.

THIS WAS YOUR FIRST CONTACT TO SEND ANYTHING HOME WHEN YOU GOT IN.

>> Huell: SO THIS WAS A PLACE FOR SAILORS AND FAMILIES AND CHILDREN.

THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ENJOYED THIS.

>> AND TOURIST.

THEY SOLD POST CARDS.

I THINK I GOT SOME COAST CARDS AND THE ONLY PLACE YOU WENT.

IT WAS THIS.

>> Huell: PRETTY EXCITING STUFF?

>> OH YEAH.

ROLLER COASTER AND THE BALL TROOM ROOM AND THE RAINBOW THEATER.

THEY RENTED BOATS AND THE SAILORS WOULD BE OUT THERE WITH THEIR GIRLFRIENDS.

>> Huell: WELL OUR CROWD KEEPS GOING.

THIS LADY JUST INTRODUCED HER HER.

>> I'M MADELINE.

>> Huell: AND YOU REMEMBER THE PIKE?

>> I SURE DO.

>> Huell: TELL US ABOUT IT.

>> I WAS ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD.

AND I SPENT MOST OF THE MY TIME ON THE BIKE.

>> Huell: DOING WHAT.

>> THE SAILORS WOULD RIDE THE RIDE AND ALL THEIR CHANGE WOULD FALL.

>> Huell: OH WAIT A MINUTE YOU WERE GAMBLING AS A LITTLE GIRL.

>> I STILL AM.

>> Huell: THIS IS THE BUILDING IN THE BACKGROUND AND IT'S NO COINCIDENCE THAT WE'RE STANDING HERE.

THIS IS THE LAST REMAINING BUILDING FROM THE OLD PIKE?

>> RIGHT.

IT WAS BUILT IN 1911 AND IT WAS THE LAST ONE LEFT.

>> Huell: HERE TO TELL US ABOUT THAT.

>> YOUR NAME?

>> MIKE.

>> Huell: HOW ARE YOU CONNECTED TO LUKE'S AMUSEMENT.

>> ARTHUR LUKE WAS MY FATHER IN LAW.

AND HIS FATHER BUILT THE FIRST CARESELL WHEEL.

>> Huell: HOW DID THEY GET FROM CONEY ISLAND TO THE PIKE?

>> THEY CAME IN ABOUT 1909 THEY WANT TODAY BUILD A PIER SO THEN THEY WENT TO SEATTLE AND BUILT THE FIRST FAIR.

AND THEY LIKED LONG BEACH AND CAME BACK HERE TO LIVE.

THEY BUILT A FACTORY HERE AND PUT ACO COURESEL IN THIS BUILDING WAS ONE OF THE FIRST RIDES?

>> IN 1911, IT WAS.

>> Huell: AND HOW POPULAR WAS THAT?

>> THEY MADE A NICE LIVING ON THE KOURSELL.

>> Huell: NOW THE COURESEL STAYED HERE FROM?

>> 1910 TO 1953.

>> Huell: AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED.

>> THEY MOVED TO HERE AND MOVED THAT.

AND THEY OPENED ANOTHER GAME CALLED TANGO, IT WAS A BINGO GAME.

WHEN BINGO WAS LEGAL FOR PRIVATE ENTERPRISE.

AND THEN IT WAS NOT LEGAL SO THEY CLOSED.

>> Huell: SO SINCE 1941, THE GAME- LIED-A-LIED IS PLAYING HERE.

>> YES, SINCE 1941.

7 DAYS A WEEK.

ONLY CLOSED TWICE WHEN ARTHUR LUKE.

HE PASSED AWAY IN 1997.

AL BROWN WAS THE GENERAL MANAGER.

>> Huell: SO THAT'S IT.

FOR OVER 60 YEARS.

>> 60 YEARS.

>> Huell: WOW LET'S LOOK AT WHAT LIGHT ALIGN IS ALL ABOUT.

WE'RE INSIDE LIGHT,-A-LINE.

>> THAT'S THE TRUEST SIGN I'VE EVERY SEEN.

>> Huell: TELL US ABOUT IT.

>> YOU CAN ONLY PLAY IT HERE.

THERE IS 64 TABLES ALL HOOKED TOGETHER AND PEOPLE START SHOOTING AT THE SAME TIME.

THEY SHOOT THE BALL INTO THE GRID AS SOON AS THEY SHOOT UP THE LINE, AND THE FIRST THAT SHOOTS THE LINE FIRST, THEY WIN.

>> Huell: SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE BINGO.

>> SKILLED BINGO IS WHAT IT IS.

YOU DIDN'T GET IN--IT WAS A NICE TRY.

SECOND SHOT--HERE IT GOES.

>> Huell: AND THERE GOES THE BOARD OVER THERE.

>> YOU'VE GOT TO SHOOT AGAIN.

WATCH THE SHOT, THERE YOU GO.

OH HERE IT COMES AGAIN.

YOU'RE GOOD AT THIS.

>> Huell: THERE GOES THE TWO.

SO BASICALLY IT'S LIKE BINGO AND THE FIRST PERSON WHO WINS, GETS A LINE LIT--.

>> IS THE WINNER.

THE GAME SHOTS UP.

SOMEBODY ELSE CAN WIN AT THE SAME TIME, THEY SHARE THE PRIZE.

>> Huell: AND THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD WHERE YOU CAN PLAY THIS.

>> THIS IS IT.

>> Huell: AND HAS THIS LADY PLAYED THIS SINCE 1949.

>> SHE HAS BEEN WORKING FOR US SINCE 1964.

>> Huell: ALMOST.

YOU'VE WORKED HERE SINCE?

>> 1954.

>> Huell: SO YOU HAVE SEEN A LOT OF LIGHT ALIGN, ALIGNERS CO THROUGH HERE.

>> THOUSANDS.

>> Huell: WHAT IS THE APPEAL?

>> THE CHANCE TO WIN, MONEY.

>> Huell: BIG MONEY?

>> YES.

I WOULD SAY IT'S A PRETTY GOOD SIZE MONEY.

15, 25, 100, 200, 210.

>> Huell: WOW, YOU'VE SEEN THIS PLACE PACKED?

>> YES.

>> Huell: AND WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE WOULD COME IN HERE?

>> ALL KINDS.

YOU NAME IT, THEY ALL COME HERE AND THEY ALL ENJOY IT.

>> Huell: SAILORS.

>> WE DON'T GET THE SAILORS THAT WE USED TO.

>> Huell: I MEAN IN THE OLDEN DAYS.

>> OH YES.

MARINES.

>> Huell: FAMILIES?

>> YES.

>> Huell: WERE KIDS ALLOWED IN.

>> THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY AND THEY HAD TO LEAVE BY 10:00 O'CLOCK.

>> Huell: IS IT A SIMPLE GAME?

>> YES.

>> Huell: PULL A BALL FOR ME.

LET'S SEE HOW DO YOU THIS THING.

YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE THINGS LIT UP.

>> Huell: YOU'VE BEEN PLAYING FOR A WHILE.

>> YES.

>> Huell: YOU MIGHT WIN WHILE WE'RE HERE.

I DON'T THINK THERE IS MUCH OF A JACKPOT TODAY, THERE IS NOBODY ELSE PLAYING.

>> THAT'S TRUE, YOU'RE THE ONE PERSON.

>> Huell: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE OLD PLACE?

>> I LIKE IT YES, I WOULDN'T STAY HERE.

>> Huell: DO YOU FIND IT INTERESTING THAT THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD THAT YOU CAN PLAY, LITE, A, LINE?

>> YES.

>> Huell: THIS IS WHERE THE OLD KOURESEL WOULD HAVE BEEN.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> Huell: THEY TOOK IT OUT ACROSS THE STREET AND WASN'T THERE A PICTURE OF IT BURNING UP.

>> YES, IN 1943 BUT THEY REPLACED IT AND IT OPERATED UNTIL THE PIKE CLOSED.

>> Huell: AND THIS IS THE ORIGINAL BUILDING THAT'S BEEN HERE SINCE IN?

>> 1910, EXACTLY HOW IT WAS.

>> Huell: LOOK AT HERE, THE OLD MIRROR SIGN, THAT SETS LUEKZ.

THAT'S BEEN HERE A WHILE.

>> YES, THAT WAS THE NUMBER BOARD, THE 75 NUMBERS.

NOW WE USE IT FOR THE WINNING.

>> Huell: THIS IS A WONDERFUL BIT OF HISTORY.

>> YES IT IS.

>> Huell: YOU TOLD ME THE FAMILY LIVED HERE?

>> YES, THEY LIVED UPSTAIRS.

THEY ALWAYS DID THAT, IT WAS RIGHT BY THE BUSINESS.

>> Huell: DIDN'T THEY GET NOISY.

>> WELL THERE WAS NICE MUSIC, AND IT WAS A CASH BUSINESS SO THEY LIKED IT.

>> Huell: THEY LIKED THE SOUND OF MONEY.

>> Huell: HERE WE ARE WAITING TO START PLAYING LITE A, LIGHT.

>> HOW MUCH YEARS HAVE BEEN BEEN HERE.

>> ABOUT 40 YEARS.

IT'S LIKE COMING TO A FAMILY REUNION.

>> Huell: WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS.

>> IT'S A GREAT PLACE, I WOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT IT.

EVERYBODY HERE IS LIKE FAMILY MEMBERS.

AND THE MANAGER, HE'S AWESOME.

>> Huell: AND THE GAME ITSELF, HOW HARD IS THE GAME.

>> IT'S EASY IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING?

>> Huell: AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING?

>> OH YES, I DO.

>> Huell: WHO MAKES THE MONEY, YOU OR YOUR HUSBAND.

>> Huell: IT'S NOT THE MONEY?

>> NO IT'S NOT.

IT'S RELAXING.

>> Huell: DO YOU REMEMBER THE OLD PIKE?

>> OH YES, THE SAILORS WOULD BE HERE HAVING FUN.

IT WAS GREAT.

>> ON THE 4th OF JULY, THE GIANT ROLLER COASTER WAS HERE, AND THE LINE UP WAS ALL THE WAY UP THAT HILL TO GET ON THAT RIDE, IT'S ALL GONE.

IT'S SO SAD.

IT WAS GOLD MINE IN THE SKY AND THE CITY DIDN'T KEEP IT.

>> Huell: AND THE CITY DIDN'T KEEP IT, THERE IS THE BULLDOZER, THERE IS THE CITY HALL.

THERE ARE THE CITY OFFICIALS WATCHING US.

>> ON THE 14th FLOOR.

>> Huell: WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?

>> ON JULY 5th, 2001, 8:00 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE BUILDING.

THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE ROOF OFF AND THEY'RE GOING TO PUT A VISITOR CENTER.

AND WHERE WE'RE STANDING THERE WILL BE 2 STORIES OF PARKING AND IT WILL BE A 2 MILLION DOLLARS CONDO COMPLEX.

AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS HERE WILL BE GONE.

>> Huell: INCLUDING?

>> LITE-A-LINE.

>> WE HOPE TO CONTINUE ON ON--MOVING THE BUSINESS.

>> Huell: SO YOU'RE GOING TO MOVE THE MACHINES AND START UP AT ANOTHER LOCATION.

>> YES, AS MANY ARTIFACTS AS WE CAN.

WE'RE GOING HAVE A LITTLE MUSEUM IN THERE AND WE'LL HAVE THAT AT THE NEW LOCATION.

>> Huell: SO THIS IS ALL GOING DOWN.

THIS IS LITERALLY THE LAST PHYSICIAN LINK TO THE PIKE?

>> YES, IT IS.

IT'S THE LAST ONE.

THE FIRST ONE TO GO IS THE PLUNGE AND THAT'S THE BUILDING BEHIND US, THE VERIZON BUILDING.

WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE THE 1910.

>> Huell: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?

>> WELL, NOT ALL OF ME BUT EVERYBODY WILL MISS THE PIKE.

EVERYBODY REMEMBERS THE PIKE AND THEY HAVE A LOT FOND MEMORIES.

>> Huell: WELL PROGRESS IS MARCHING FORWARD HERE IN LONG BEACH.

BUT THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WILL HAVE MEMORIES OF BEING IN THE PIKE THEY'LL EVEN REMEMBER YOU TAKING THEIR MONEY AT LITE A LIGHT.

>> Huell: WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF GREAT STORIES.

THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE LEARNING ABOUT THIS FOR A THE FIRST TIME.

BUT THIS IS VERY VERY VERY MUCH, NOT ONLY A PART OF THE LONG BEACH HISTORY BUT OF CALIFORNIA HISTORY.

OCEAN FRONT HISTORY IN THIS COUNTRY.

IT'S GONE TOMORROW BUT ITS MEMORIES IS STILL VERY VERY MUCH ALIVE.

THE PIKE WHICH WAS HERE FROM?

>> 1888 UNTIL ABOUT THE 70s.

>> Huell: AND LUKE WHO CAME HERE FROM?

>> 1910, AND THEY CONTINUED AND THEY HAD IT HERE.

AND THAT COURESEL WAS HIS AND THE PIER WAS HIS AND THAT'S STILL OPERATING.

THERE ARE SOME THINGS LEFT.

THIS WILL BE THE LAST THING IN LONG BEACH, WHICH IS PRETTY SAD.

>> Huell: WELL, IT'S BEEN A GOOD DAY A SAD DAY BUT A VERY FULL DAY OF HISTORY AS WE ALL LEARNED TOGETHER ABOUT THIS GRAND AND GLORIOUS PLACE WHICH IS LEAVING US FOREVER, CALLED THE PIKE.

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