Manhattan Beach City Council debates Bruce’s Beach plaque language
SHARE Bruce s Lodge, circa 1916. The pier in the distance is what remained of Peck’s Pier. Peck s Pavilion is on the beach to the west of The Strand, and The Bruces’ resort was on the east of The Strand. The Pacific Electric Railway (Red Car) ran between the two, on what is the bike path today. Photo from Manhattan Beach Historical Society via the History Advisory Board report
by Mark McDermott
The Manhattan Beach City Council on Tuesday night sent proposed new language for plaques at Bruce’s Beach back to the History Advisory Committee, a group of residents tasked with providing a more accurate telling of what occurred when racially-motivated city leaders in the 1920s utilized the power of eminent domain to condemn the property.
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