"Workers begin taking apart the Santa Monica ferris wheel."

This, to me, reads like, "Workers begin taking apart Statue of Liberty."

Okay, maybe it's an unfair comparison; but the ferris wheel at SM pier's iconic, too. And it was just featured in IRON MAN. AND my heart always flutters a bit when I'm driving down PCH & catch a glimpse of it. Couldn't they have sold that shitty ride that shoots you up in and brings you down, up and down, up and down? Why the ferris wheel? The pier needs the wheel and the coaster. Just sayin'.