wharf

In the beginning, there was the wharf, the rudimentary, workaday pier built to get goods from here to there.

AltaSea is bringing new purpose to a previously moribund wharf that once played a rich part in the evolution of Southern California.

On a nearby wharf, Prime Minister Mark Brown and many other prominent citizens had gathered to celebrate the smaller boat’s arrival.

“It totally revitalized all the business on the wharf.”

The pier was originally built as a commercial shipping wharf to bring business to Oceanside, which was incorporated the year the pier opened.