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Huntington Beach Inn
800 PACIFIC COAST HWY
Across from beach!
Best Western Surf City
19360 BEACH BLVD.
Comfort Suites
16301 BEACH BLVD.
Extended Stay America
5050 SKYLAB WEST CIRCLE
Travelodge by Wyndham
17205 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY, Sunset Beach - On the beach!
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16196 Pacific Coast Highway
Huntington Beach
Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort
21100 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY 
Best views
Hotel Huntington Beach
7667 CENTER AVENUE
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17251 BEACH BOULEVARD 
Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa
21500 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY 
Bridge to the beach!

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Tower Zero on the Huntington Beach Pier was dedicated as the new state-of-the art lifesaving center for Huntington's busiest stretch of beach. Replacing a termite-infested tower, it comes complete with a first-aid room, central air conditioning, emergency phone, restrooms and large windows best for surveillance. One of the most photographed landmarks in Huntington Beach, books, photos and postcards all date themselves if they show the older tower with it's flat roof. When you visit the beach, look up to the tower's green windows and watch the lifeguards there on "bay watch", Huntington bay watch, that is. The lifeguards in Tower Zero describe its function in this video.

 

 Here is a plaque on Tower Zero and the words written on it below:
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IN COMMEMORATION OF MELVIN "MAX" BOWMAN
COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR, RETIRED 
46 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND LIFE SAVING EDUCATION
 
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON FEB. 22, 2000
MAX BOWMAN BEGAN HIS CAREER AS  A LIFEGUARD WITH THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH IN 1954. HE ADVANCED THROUGH THE RANKS OF LIFEGUARD LIEUTENANT, CAPTAIN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AND SUBSEQUENTLY IN 1984 TO DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT. RETIRED IN 1990. WITH 36 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE, MAX FORGED A LEGACY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS A LIFEGUARD, DIRECTOR AND AS AN AMBASSADOR TO WORLD LIFESAVING.

TRANSFORMING LIFE GUARDING INTO A YEAR ROUND PROFESSIONAL MARINE SAFETY OPERATION, MAX HELPED REFINE THE PERIMETER DEFENSE SYSTEM DESIGNED TO SAFEGUARD THE PUBLIC THROUGH PREVENTATIVE ACTIONS, MAX WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ACQUIRING MILES OF BEACH AREA TO THE CONTROL OF CITY GOVERNMENT AND REPRESENTED THE CITY AS A KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT NUMEROUS PROFESSIONAL FORUMS, ADVOCATING THE JUNIOR LIFEGUARD PROGRAM DESIGNED TO EDUCATE OUR YOUTH AND RECRUIT FUTURE OCEAN LIFEGUARDS. MAX  ALSO HEADED MANY INTERNATIONAL LIFESAVING EDUCATIONAL TOURS.

A CHARTER MEMBER IN THE LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND WORLD LIFESAVING ASSOCIATIONS, MAX SERVED ALL AS AN EXECUTIVE MEMBER FROM 1964 THROUGH 1995, MIRRORING HIS CAREER WITH THE CITY.  MAX ADVANCED THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICERS POSITIONS AND CULMINATED HIS CAREER AS PRESIDENT OF WORLD LIFE SAVING, 1988-1993.  FOR HIS DEDICATED TERM, HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS AN HONORARY LIFE MEMBER IN ALL FOUR ORGANIZATIONS. CONFERRED IN 1994 A GRAND KNIGHT IN THE ORDER OF LIFE SAVING BY THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE SAVING FEDERATION, MAX IS WELL KNOWN IN LIFESAVING CIRCLES AROUND THE GLOBE FROM ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA AS AN "AMBASSADOR TO WORLD LIFESAVING." HIS LEADERSHIP SIGNIFICANTLY SHAPED A PROFESSION THAT IS RESPECTED FOR ITS HEROISM AND COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY. 

THIS DEDICATION IS SIGNIFICANTLY SYMBOLIC IN THAT MAX WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN PHYSICALLY DESIGNING AND BUILDING THE ORIGINAL TOWER ZERO STRUCTURE IN 1963.  MAX ALONG WITH CITY STAFF RAISED TOWER ZERO ON THE PIER TO STAND AS THE FOCAL POINT FOR OCEAN RESCUES FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS. FOR THESE HISTORICAL REASONS AND FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE PROFESSION AS AN "AMBASSADOR TO WORLD LIFESAVING." MAY THIS DEDICATION CONSTITUTE A FITTING AND A RESPECTFUL TRIBUTE TO A MOST DESERVING CHAMPION OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF MAX'S WIFE, JUDITH DEE BOWMAN, WHO PERISHED ABOARD THE EGYPT AIR CRASH ON OCTOBER 31, 1999.