
Grande en Playa Hermosa

by Joe Schofield
Title
Grande en Playa Hermosa
Artist
Joe Schofield
Medium
Photograph
Description
12-17-18. Breaking large in Hermosa today. Winter in Southern California. A cool sort of cold.
The Hermosa Beach pier is located in the Southern California community of Hermosa Beach. It extends into the Pacific Ocean.
In 1904 the first pier was built. It was constructed entirely of wood even to the pilings and it extended five hundred feet out into the ocean. The pier was constructed by the Hermosa Beach Land and Water Company. In 1913 this old pier was partly washed away and later torn down and a new one built to replace it. This pier was built of concrete 1,000 feet (300 m) long, and paved with asphalt its entire length. Small tiled pavilions were erected at intervals along the sides to afford shade for fishing and picnic parties. A bait stand was built eventually out on the end. Soon after, about 1914, an auditorium building was constructed; it has housed various enterprises and at present the public rest rooms, the Los Angeles Life Guard Service, and the local branch of the Los Angeles County Public Library occupy rooms in the building. This pier is municipally owned.
sold 3-1-23
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December 17th, 2018
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Comments (34)

Brett Harvey
Wow, does this image bring back a lot of memories! My brother and I surfed here back in the 70s. Love how you composed this shot and the great backlit wave.

Gull G
“I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove.” —Vincent Van Gogh 💖 Congratulations on your recent sale of this amazing Work!

Anthony Jones
Beautiful work! Thank you for submitting your artwork to the Southern California Artist Collective Group where the image is now featured on the home page. Feel free to post this in the Featured archive in the group discussion page section L/F

Brian Commerford
Joe, Thank you for reminding me of all the days i spent loving the ocean when i lived in Ca. You caught the essence with this one !

Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the Features Archive discussion as well as any other discussion in which it would fit!