Whatever | Pier comparisons: Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach
The view from the Redondo Beach Pier, where Whatever’s Manhattan Beach-based teens had never before visited. Photo by Raquel Gerard by Lina McDermott and Raquel Gerard Piers. Every beach city has one. But what makes a pier special? We visited the piers of Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Redondo Beach, just so we could answer that question for you. Manhattan Beach The Manhattan Beach pier is pretty sparse. There are benches aplenty if you’re one of those types that has a good ol’ time sitting down and doing nothing. Telescopes line the sides of the pier, but they aren’t anything special either, and definitely not worth a quarter. At the end of the pier sits the Roundhouse Marine Studies Lab and Aquarium. While it is technically free to enter, they have a suggested donation of $2 per adult or $5 per family. This aquarium is pretty small, and you can go through the whole thing in about ten minutes. Being teenagers, we need to be constantly stimulated (or we’ll just go on Instagram and see how much fun everyone else is having somewhere else). However, the collection of marine animals housed in the aquarium is very nice, and (trying not to be a nerd here), pretty cool. We touched…
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