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Venice, originally called "Venice of America", was founded by wealthy developer Abbot Kinneyin 1905 as a beach resort town, 14 miles (23 km) west of Los Angeles. He and his partner Francis Ryan had bought 2 miles (3 km) of ocean-front property south of Santa Monicain 1891. They built a resort town on the north end of the property, called Ocean ...
The Venice Canal Historic District is embedded in the residential Venice suburb of Los Angeles, California. The historic district is noteworthy for possessing man-made wetland canals, built in 1905 by developer Abbot Kinney as part of his Venice of America. Kinney sought to recreate the appearance and feel of Venice, Italy, in coastal Los ...
Main Street in Downtown. continues as East 16th Street. Venice Boulevard is a major east–west thoroughfare in Los Angeles, running from the ocean in the Venice district, past the I-10 intersection, into downtown Los Angeles. It was originally known as West 16th Street under the Los Angeles numbered street system .
Venice Beach Boardwalk. Coordinates: 33.983°N 118.4703°W. Venice Beach Boardwalk. The Venice Beach Boardwalk is a two-mile promenade stretching parallel to Venice Beach. [1] In the north, the Boardwalk connects to the Santa Monica Boardwalk, and it terminates in Marina del Rey in the south. Notable attractions along the Venice Beach boardwalk ...
Pacific. Zip Code. 90066. Area code. 310. Mar Vista is a neighborhood on the Westside of Los Angeles, California. In 1927, Mar Vista became the 70th community to be annexed to Los Angeles. [ 1] It was designated as an official city neighborhood in 2006.
Museum of Jurassic Technology. Coordinates: 34°01′33″N 118°23′42″W. The Museum of Jurassic Technology at 9341 Venice Boulevard in the Palms district of Los Angeles, California, was founded by David Hildebrand Wilson and Diana Drake Wilson in 1988. [1] [2] It calls itself "an educational institution dedicated to the advancement of ...
Venice High School (Los Angeles) / 33.99861°N 118.44278°W / 33.99861; -118.44278. Venice High School ( VHS) is a public school located in the Westside area of Los Angeles, California and within the Local District West area of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).
This is a list of notable districts and neighborhoods within the city of Los Angeles in the U.S. state of California, present and past.It includes residential and commercial industrial areas, historic preservation zones, and business-improvement districts, but does not include sales subdivisions, tract names, homeowners associations, and informal names for areas.