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Catalina Island[1] (whose official,but rarely used, name is Santa Catalina Island) is near thesouthern end of the Channel Islands off thecoast of Southern California. It'stechnically in Los Angeles County and is a popularday trip and vacation destination for locals and tourists.
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Santa Catalina is 22 miles from the mainland, despite the lyricsof the Four Preps' song.
- Twenty-six miles across the sea
Santa Catalina is a-waitin' for me
Santa Catalina, the Island of Romance -- '26 Miles', TheFour Preps, 1958
Catalina is a world unto itself, a distant asylum from thehustle and bustle of the rest of Southern California. Most of theisland is owned by the Catalina Conservancy [2] which ischartered with protecting its environment.
Many visitors to the island come from cruises offered by RoyalCaribbean.
The area codes for Catalina Island are 310 or the soon to be424.
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Cities
'City' is a relative term on Catalina - neither Avalon nor TwoHarbors are particularly large, with Two Harbors having just ahandful of houses and a single general store.
- Catalina-Marina del Rey Flyer, From Marina del Rey toAvalon and Two Harbors. Phone: (310) 305-7250, e-mail: info@catalinaferries.com,[3]. Check website forschedule and rates.
- Catalina Classic Cruises,From San Pedro to Avalon. Tollfree: 800-641-1004, Phone: 495-3565, [4]. Checkwebsite for schedule. Round trip fares - Adult: $41, Children(2-11): $26, Seniors (55+): $29, Infants (under 2): $3.
- Catalina Express Ferry, from Long Beach, San Pedro orDana Point to Avalon.There is also a boat from San Pedro to Two Harbors. Phone:800-481-3470, [5]. Fares vary bydeparture point. See website for prices and schedule.
- Catalina Flyer, from Newport Beach to Avalon. Phone:949-673-5245, [6]. See website forscheduled departures. $61 round trip.
- Private boat - Avalon and Two Harbors havemooring facilities and services. There are also many coves aroundthe island that have moorings or anchorages. The Catalina website[7] has detailsabout anchorage and mooring points around the island.
- Island Express Helicopter Service[8] fliesfrom San Pedro or Long Beach into Catalina's Airport in theSky.
- Airport in the Sky[9] is open toprivate aircraft with a $20 landing fee and $5 per night tie downfee. No fuel is available for sale at the airport. Phone: 510-0143,Weather info line: 800-255-8700.
- Walking - Most visitors to Catalina usually dotheir touring on foot.
- Bicycle - There are several bicycle rentalagencies on the island or you may bring your own bicycle over withyou (usually for an extra fee).
- Carts - Golf carts may also be rented on theisland.
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- Catalina Island Vacation Rentals, P.O. Box 426, 119 Sumner Ave,Suite B, Avalon, CA 90704 (800) 631-5280 (310) 510-2276 [11]. The greatestselection of vacation home rentals on Catalina Island with justunder 200 privately owned properties, ranging from beautiful, oceanfront villas at Hamilton Cove to quaint cottages, houses and condosin the village of Avalon.
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The Casino, built in 1929 by William WrigleyJr., is a popular landmark and tourist attraction on the westerntip of the Avalon beach. It was the tallest building in Los AngelesCounty at its completion. It features a ballroom, movie theater,and the Catalina Island Museum. There are no gambling facilities;the term casino refers instead to a more traditionalItalian definition of casino, meaning social gatheringplace.
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Snorkeling & SCUBA diving from shore - Catalina is a havenfor SCUBA divers in Los Angeles area. The main SCUBA diving sitefrom Avalon is Casino Point, right next to the Casino building.Concrete steps have been created, so divers (and snorkelers) canstep down a few steps and enter the water. Since Casino Point isnorth-pointing dive site, it is mostly protected from the heavysurf and waves most of the year. Casino Point is a protected areaand NOTHING can be removed from the area. There is a air refillstation as well as tank/weights rental right next to the entrypoint. Common sitings are garibaldi, bat rays, octopus, giant blacksea bass, kelp bass, lobsters and horn sharks.
Additional snorkeling can be done at Lovers' Cove, south of theferry terminal.
Many dive boats depart from various ports in LA area, such asLong Beach and San Pedro, for a day diving trip to various parts ofCatalina Island that are otherwise inaccessible via car fromCatalina Island. The typical cost is $110-150 and includesbreakfast, lunch, and three dives with air fills. Some boats havenitrox at additional cost.
For non-snorkelers and divers, there are two alternatives toviewing the underwater life - submarine ride and glassbottom boatride. Tickets can be purchased from Catalina Discovery Tours inAvalon. Other tours offered by Discovery Tours include AvalonScenic Tour and Casino Tour. Mac mini kensington security slot.
One mile from Avalon (accessible by taxi or bus) is a golfcourse and a camp ground.
A unique attraction to Catlina Island is the YellowSemi-Submarine known as 'The Nautilus' introuduced in 1999, itsdesign is unique and allows visitors to see the underwater life dayand night. These custum build vessel also allows passengers to feedthe fish with tis torpedo mechanism.
Classic to Catalina Island are the Glass Bottom Boat and theInteriror trips, that take you to see the Bison that make part ofCatalina Island their home.
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Catalina Island Casino History
| Catalina Casino | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Ballroom and movie theater |
| Architectural style | Art Deco, Mediterranean Revival |
| Town or city | Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 33°20′56″N118°19′34″W / 33.34887°N 118.32601°W |
| Construction started | February 1928 |
| Opened | May 29, 1929 |
| Cost | $2 million |
| Owner | Santa Catalina Island Company |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | round, cantileveredreinforced concrete column |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Walter Webber and Sumner Spaulding |
The Catalina Casino is located in Avalon on Santa Catalina Island, off the coast of Los Angeles in California. It is the most visible landmark in Avalon Bay and when approaching the island from the mainland.
The large building contains a movie theater, ballroom, and formerly an island art and history museum.[1] The Catalina Casino gets its name from the Italian language term casino, meaning a 'gathering place'. Contrary to the current common usage of casino, this has never been a facility for gambling.[2]
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History[edit]
The Catalina Casino was built on a site formerly known as Sugarloaf Point. The site was graded for the planned construction of the Hotel St. Catherine, which was instead eventually built in Descanso Canyon. When chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. bought the controlling stake in Catalina Island in 1919, he used this cleared site to build a dance hall he named Sugarloaf Casino. It served as a ballroom and Avalon's first high school, until it became too small for Avalon's growing population. In 1928, the Sugarloaf was razed to make room for a newer casino building. Sugarloaf Rock was further blasted away to enhance the Casino's ocean view.[1][2]
On May 29, 1929, the new Catalina Casino was completed under the direction of Wrigley and David M. Renton, at a cost of $2 million.[3] Its design, by Sumner Spaulding and Walter Weber, is in the Art Deco and Mediterranean Revival styles. The casino's movie theater was the first to be designed specifically for films with sound ('talkies'). It received the Honor Award from the California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, as 'one of the outstanding architectural accomplishments'.
With a height equal to a 12-story building, it was built to serve as a theater on the main floor and a ballroom and promenade on the upper level.[1][2]Movie studio moguls such as Cecil B. DeMille, Louis B. Mayer, and Samuel Goldwyn frequently came by yacht to the Casino to preview their newest cinema productions. It also serves as the island's civil defense shelter, large enough to accommodate Catalina's entire year-round population. Within its walls is stored enough food and water for all Avalon's residents for two weeks.[4]
The steel structure of the predecessor Sugarloaf Casino can still be found in Avalon's abandoned bird park. The bird park was conceived by Mrs. Wrigley in the 1930s, and at the time it was one of the largest aviaries in the world.
In 1993 the movie theater was photographed by Hiroshi Sugimoto for his art series 'Theatres'.[5]
In 1994, the theater underwent a $750,000 restoration that reupholstered all of its seats and cleaned its murals.[3]
In September 2008, the Catalina Casino had the first live full production of a musical on its stage, when the Santa Catalina Island Company presented Grease!.
The Catalina Island Company announced that they will stop screening first run showings of movies by the end of 2019, essentially ceasing its function as a traditional film venue.[3] They cite the rise of streaming services and large use of satellite television in the small town of 4000 as contributing factors to the theater's low attendance.[3][6] However, the theater remain available for daily tours and special events such as the Catalina Film Festival and Silent Film Benefit[7].[3]
Structure[edit]
Surrounded by sea on three sides, the circular structure of the Catalina Casino is the equivalent of 12 stories tall. It has a movie theater on the first level and a ballroom on the top level. The building interiors were decorated in the Art Deco style, including with sterling silver and gold-leaf accents.
Movie theater[edit]
The Avalon Theatre is a movie theater on the first level, with a seating capacity of 1,154.[8] It has a single massive screen.[9] The theater has its original 4-manual, 16 rank pipe organ built by the Page Organ Company of Lima, Ohio.[8]
The theater is sound insulated so that patrons do not hear the band or up to 3,000 dancers in the ballroom above. The circular domed ceiling has notable acoustics and has been studied by acoustical designers, due to its repute. A speaker on the theater stage can speak in a normal voice without a microphone and be heard clearly by all in attendance.
The theater's interior walls retain the original Art Deco murals by John Gabriel Beckman. The theater's facade had a painted mural of an Art Deco-style underwater world scene, which was later replaced with replications of Beckman's design created in Catalina Pottery-style tiles. The lobby has walnut wood paneling.
Ballroom[edit]
The upper level houses the 20,000-square-foot Catalina Casino Ballroom. It is the world's largest circular ballroom, with a 180-foot (55 m) diameter dance floor that can accommodate 3,000 dancers.[1] French doors encircle the room connecting the dance floor with the Romance Promenade, an open balcony that runs around the building.
To reach the ballroom on the top level, the Casino building has two ramped walkways, both in enclosed towers that extend out from the circular building. Wrigley took the idea to use ramps instead of stairs from Wrigley Field, his Chicago Cubs stadium. The ramps allowed the large numbers of people using the ballroom to quickly move to and from their destinations. They each have a small lobby area just below the dance floor level.
Catalina Island Museum[edit]
In 1953, Philip K. Wrigley established the Catalina Island Museum on the first level, to preserve the history of the island from the pre-Columbian indigenous Tongva (Gabrielino) peoples through the pre-war 20th-century development by his father. The museum featured a large and comprehensive collection of original Catalina Pottery ceramics, produced by Catalina Clay Products between 1927 and 1937.[1]
On June 18, 2016, the museum relocated to a new building, located approximately one half mile from its original location in the Catalina Casino. The Ada Blanche Wrigley Schreiner Building is located at 217 Metropole Avenue.[1]
The museum continues documenting Catalina Island history, adding from World War II to the present day, and a research institute. It is the repository for all archeological digs on the island, and has one of the largest collections of Tongva artifacts in the world. There are now more than 10,000 photographs and negatives documenting island life from the early 1880s until the present day in the museum's photography collection.[1]
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References[edit]
- ^ abcdefgCatalina Island Museum
- ^ abcVisitcatalinaisland.com: Catalina Casino
- ^ abcdeArellano, Gustavo (2019-12-01). 'This theater has attracted movie stars and Catalina Island residents for 90 years. Now, it may call it a night'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-12-01.
- ^Baker, Gayle (2002). Catalina Island, HarborTown Histories, Santa Barbara, CA, p. 62, ISBN0-9710984-0-9 (print) ISBN978-0987903808 (on-line)
- ^'Hiroshi Sugimoto | Avalon Theatre, Catalina Island'. www.metmuseum.org. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^Rubin, Rebecca; Rubin, Rebecca (2019-11-12). 'Avalon Theatre Owner Blames Streaming Services for 'Upside-Down' Attendance'. Variety. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
- ^'Silent Film Benefit'. catalina-museum. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
- ^ abVisitcatalinaisland.com: Avalon Theater
- ^Visitcatalinaisland.com: Avalon Theater walking tour
External links[edit]
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Catalina Casino. |
- Catalina Island Museum – formerly located in the Catalina Casino.
- Cinematreasures.org: Avalon Theatre – article by movie theatre preservation organization.