Balboa Island, Newport Beach

Balboa Iceland is an artificial island and also a district of Newport Beach in California. It is located in the Newport Bay, a bay with a connection to the Pacific Ocean. Surrounded by the city island was incorporated in 1916.

The Balboa Iceland is next to the main island, also from the smaller Little Balboa and Collins Iceland Iceland. The district can be reached in the north via a vehicular bridge in the south runs the Balboa Iceland Ferry across the bay to the Balboa Peninsula. The island has the zip code 92662nd

• 3.1 In film and television
• 3.2 In the music

History

The island can look back on a rich history. In the late 1860s, Balboa Iceland was used as a storage facility for import and export goods. In September 1870, the storage and mooring facilities were greatly expanded. The fishmonger James McFadden bought the island in 1875. Because until now there was no connection to the mainland, McFadden began with his brother to build the first connection to the mainland, which Balboa Iceland had become a peninsula.

In 1891 there was a direct rail link, which helped the now operated by McFadden Jetty to a rapid growth. However, in 1899 the government decided to expand the Port of Los Angeles generous. The economic consequences for Iceland Balboa were correspondingly catastrophic, so McFadden had to sell his dock as well as the railway line operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad. 1902 sold McFadden then a large part of the island as well as its other properties.

By 1907, the urban planning of Newport Beach was reorganized, to which, among other things, the present arrangement of the streets back. Between 1908 and 1909 the entrepreneur William Collins began marketing land on the island. The actual price for the waterfront immediately outside the building sites was 350-750 U.S. dollars. Fully completed the island's infrastructure was not long at this time but, so that the development progressed rather slowly. The first new bridge to the mainland was opened in 1912.

Balboa Iceland was incorporated in 1916 to Newport Beach. Only two years later, the newly founded Balboa Iceland Improvement Association began work on sewerage, electricity supply and road construction. Until 1920 there was with the Park Avenue is only one road on the island. In the same year, the gas supply was put into operation. 1919 decided to set up with the Balboa Ferry Iceland a permanent ferry service, a year later that their operation resumed. Today, three 20 -meter ferries are available that can carry up to three cars each.

After the efforts of the Balboa Iceland Improvement Association, the Building Sites filled slowly in the 1920s. For the protection of Balboa Iceland a wooden, made ​​of concrete reinforcement since 1929 has been drawn around the island first. In the period after the Second World War the area a center of attraction for many famous personalities was. Thus possessed, among other things, the actor John Wayne here a house and a boat. Today, there are ferry boats to the island next to a modern reinforced concrete bridge which is passable by car.

Population

Population Development

In 2007, about 3,970 lived Balboa Iceland inhabitants.

In the United States Census 2000 3.120 inhabitants were counted in 2,167 households, and 765 families on Balboa Iceland. The population density was 17.621 inhabitants per square kilometer. The number of housing units was 2,167. The inhabitants were 95.0 % White, 0.4 % African American, 0.3 % Native American, 2.2 % Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, and 1.2 % from other races. Hispanics or Latinos were 3.2% of the population. The largest groups by ethnic origin were: England 638 ( 20.4 %), German 603 ( 19.3% ) and Ireland 563 ( 18.0 %).

In 9.9% of the 2,167 households children lived under the age of 18, 35.8 % consisted of married couples, 5.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 55.9 % were non- Familie.45, passed 4 % of households from single persons and in 12.0 % someone aged 65 or older was single. The average household size was 1.79 persons and the average family size was 2.42 persons.

Of the population 11.0% were under 19 years old, 2.6 % were in the age group 20 to 24, 28.7 % from 25 to 44, 32.9 % between 45 and 64 and 23.8 % were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 49.5 years. For every 100 females accounted

The average income per household in 2007 amounted to 101,144 U.S. dollars. The average value of a home in 2007 was 1.3541 million U.S. dollars.

Balboa Iceland in art and media

In film and television

The island was already Scene and location of several film and television productions. However, listed below are only the most famous productions:

• The Thirteenth Year (1999), produced by the Disney Channel movie plays mainly on Balboa Iceland and was filmed at other locations in Newport Beach and here.
• Time Share ( 2000) starring Timothy Dalton and Nastassja Kinski plays on the island.
• Arrested Development ( 2003-06 ), the television series is about a family that runs on Balboa Iceland a frozen banana stand. The filming of the series however, took place mainly in Culver City.

In the music

• The English rock band The Pretty Things 2007 brought an album titled Iceland Balboa out. Then there is a song with the same name.

Personalities

Due to its unique location Balboa Iceland was from the 1950s, a magnet for celebrities. Especially actors from the nearby Hollywood discovered the island.

The following celebrities lived on Balboa Iceland:

• John Wayne, the actor had a house on the street in Bay Shore. His ship Wild Goose is still in the bay.
• Buddy Ebsen, the actor lived on the South Bay Front
• Harry Carey, the actor lived front on the North Bay.

A number of celebrities also spent the summer and had boats that were on the island at anchor. These included, among others, James Cagney, John Barrymore Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Betty Davis, Andy Devine, Edgar Bergen, Henry Mancini and Shirley Temple.