Salton Sea History Museum

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The North Shore Beach and Yacht Club or North Shore Yacht Club is an abandoned Albert Frey-designed building in North Shore.

It opened in 1962 as part of a US$2M development along the northeastern shore of the Salton Sea which would become California's largest marina. Several prominent figures from the entertainment industry docked boats there, among them members of The Beach Boys, Jerry Lewis and The Marx Brothers. Ever-increasing salinity from agricultural runoff from both the Coachella Valley and Imperial County combined with fluctuating water levels culminated in a major flood in 1981, destroying the club's jetty and making it impossible for boats to dock at the club; it would be completely closed by 1984.

Like the majority of the buildings which surround it, the North Shore Beach and Yacht Club was abandoned and vandalized. The shoreside swimming pool remains intact though badly vandalized. An often-photographed large advertising sign for Texaco Marine at the site of the jetty has now been removed.

On May 1, 2010, the restored yacht club was reopened to the public as the Salton Sea History Museum, serving as a community center as well as a museum.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Shore_Beach_and_Yacht_Club
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Coordinates:   33°31'10"N   115°56'15"W

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  • The North Shore Yacht Club by Albert Frey opened in 1960, not 1931. Frey didn't come to the Palm Springs area until 1934. He created many amazing buildings in and around Palm Springs including the North Shore Yacht Club and Hotel. See: http://www.psmodcom.com/Architects%20Pages/AlbertFrey.html for more information.
  • красивое место) хотел бы 3Десть побывать! люблю города-призраки! а самое интересное - 3десь снимали 3амечательный фильм "остРов")
  • In the 1960s and 70's, as the member of a well known motorcycle club, I got to know the Salton Sea area very well. Indio, Mecca and many spots on the Salton Sea were traditional destinations for our club. I remember one night, myself with about 40 members of the club, camped out in the pool area of the abandoned North Shore Motel. I remember that night very well! We smoked lots of weed, drank lots of beer and had free-wheeling sex with many beautiful and lusty women. Oh, the memories of the Salton Sea and the North Shore Yacht Club!
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