Nighttime shot of the North Shore Beach & Yacht Club at the Salton Sea. Lit up for the first time in decades.

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 will serve as a senior center, community center, and museum - the latter under the direction of North Shore preservationist Jennie Kelly, who has already helped bring the long-extinct boat races back to the sea. The new museum is where the tale of Albert Frey's shimmering yacht club - with its fantastic ups and downs - will finally be told.

The building and museum will be open to the public in the very near future.

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:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTNuRxQaEEQ

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

My YouTube videos of this place: www.youtube.com/results?search_query=slworking2+north+sho...

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

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Taken on: March 27, 2010

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