Salton Sea North Shore Beach & Yacht Club Grand Reopening. Restored to its former glory.

Public welcome.

99-155 Sea View Drive, North Shore, CA 92254

Grand reopening of the Salton Sea History Museum. Now located at 72-120 S. Lincoln Street (end of road across creek), Mecca, CA 92254

News video: http://www.kesq.com/video/30403959/index.html

Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Salton-Sea-History-Museum/125597164130869

Museum homepage: http://www.saltonseamuseum.org/

Abandoned for a few decades, this place has now been restored.

Thanks to federal stimulus funding and the work of the East Valley Historical Society, the North Shore Yacht Club has been renovated to its original appearance.

The revamped club serves as a senior center and community center.

The North Shore Yacht Club is an historically significant--not to mention architecturally significant--part of California's legacy. The North Shore Yacht club was the whimsical design of noted architect Albert Frey, who just happened to be a resident of the Coachella Valley. Completed in 1958 by developers Ray Ryan and Trav Rogers, North Shore Beach Yacht Club was one of the largest marinas in Southern California and carried a price tag of $2 million. Celebrities like The Beach Boys, Jerry Lewis, and the Marx Brothers partied there and / or docked boats at the marina.

- The Salton Sea Chronicles

A promotional video for the Yacht Club in its heyday - check out how nice this place once was:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTNuRxQaEEQ

This location is featured in the music video Swing Out Sister - Fooled By A Smile: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlFIj0DZh6A

My Flickr photos of the North Shore Yacht Club: http://www.flickr.com/photos/slworking/sets/72157621960805804/

Visit my Salton Sea page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=salton+sea&init=quick#!/group.php?g...

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[buffaloborn71]

good thing the cops were there...looks like a rough crowd

[slworking2]

@buffaloborn71 LOL :D

[luizcaliboy]

Looks amazing. :) But no more "ROFLCOPTER" on the second floor. hahahahahaha

[hugobear1]

did I miss the Yachts? is this a smart part of America?

[superwhiz88]

what salton sea need is few casino ... killed all the run off sewage and fertilizer ... it will be revive to former glory .. this place use to be the most beautiful place in California

[64098]

It looks like they stuck close to the original plans of the place, I give it fourteen out of a scale of one to ten!

[tarzanzardoz007]

WOW! What difference!  Now if we could get somebody started on Detroit.

[MooPotPie]

I don't think Mr. Frey indicated drop ceilings in the original. They should be sheetrock. Glad to see this saved though … and against all odds.

[SpeakMyMind500]

i bet it still cost a lot of money to get in there though.

[SpillinTheWine]

Hard to believe they actually restored this place. I took a ton of pictures here in 2007 when it still said "Aces & Spades" above the boarded up entrance. Looks like the pool is gone now too.

[HunterMann]

Thanks for the video. What a great rebound!

[slworking2]

@telemetry9 Hopefully a plan to clean up the lake will actually be implemented sometime in the near future. The Salton Sea could be an investment opportunity: buy up the cheap land around the lake, fix the lake, then redevelop it. Of course, it's going to take a LOT more time and money than flipping a home.