The Pole

Five stars for being a really big pole.
One star for no longer flying the world’s largest flag!
My sweet husband knows how much I love quick little obscure spots, like this one. We had a few hours to spend in Long Beach and nothing planned, so we stopped here after finding the Ferris Wheel closed.
Hmmm, a pole by itself is not quite as exciting as a big spinning wheel attached to a pole. But it would have to do.
Another Unilocal review brought to our attention that we may have missed this attraction by a couple of years. Wonder where the world’s largest flag can be found now. Does it have to be flying on a pole to count? Because some of those flags at major league sporting events are massive!

This particular pole is wonderfully cylindrical — one of the finer poles in Long Beach.
There is no need to go anywhere else for your pole experiencing needs. There is usually an eagle on top of the pole.
(Also it’s an apartment complex.)

The world’s largest flag has long since gone and the 132 foot pole is now faded to being nearly unreadable (photo:
), but Ski Demski’s ashes continue to sit upon the top within the golden eagle. A street level statue of Ski with his parrot on his shoulder sits out front.
Ski made a name for himself when he commissioned larger and larger flags to fly over Long Beach, in keeping with his larger than life spirit of patriotism.
Seems like every other time I’ve gone by, the building behind The Pole is boarded up. Not sure if the Pole is still maintained by anyone or if it’s been left to the elements.