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58-577: The boulevard begins at Venice Boulevard between Crenshaw Boulevard and La Brea Avenue and travels in a northwesterly direction towards Beverly Hills . The roadway splits into two streets past La Cienega Boulevard : the western branch becoming Burton Way, which eventually becomes South Santa Monica Boulevard and connects directly to downtown Beverly Hills. The northern branch remains as San Vicente Boulevard itself, passes Beverly Center , continues north into West Hollywood and becomes North Clark Street at Sunset Boulevard . A separate stretch of road with

116-595: A Venice Miniature Railway , Aquarium, Virginia Reel, Whip, Racing Derby, and other rides and game booths were added. Since the business district was allotted only three one-block-long streets, and the City Hall was more than a mile away, other competing business districts developed. Unfortunately, this created a fractious political climate. Kinney, however, governed with an iron hand and kept things in check. When he died in November 1920, Venice became harder to govern. With

174-475: A hot salt-water plunge, and built a block-long arcaded business street with Venetian architecture. Kinney hired artist Felix Peano to design the columns of the buildings. Included in the capitals are several faces, modeled after Kinney and a woman named Nettie Bouck. Tourists, mostly arriving on the "Red Cars" of the Pacific Electric Railway from Los Angeles and Santa Monica, then rode

232-488: A planned city imitating Venice, Italy, Venice is home to a large number of early 1900s buildings built in to emulate Italian Renaissance architecture. Particularly along Windward Avenue, where an arched arcade covers the sidewalks on portions of both sides of the street. Similar buildings originally formed a continuous arcade from the boardwalk to the former lagoon (now the Windward traffic circle) but these were condemned by

290-515: A relatively low figure for Los Angeles; Mexico (38.4%) and the United Kingdom (8.5%) were their most common places of birth. Forty-nine percent of Venice residents aged 25 and older had earned a four-year degree by 2000, a high figure for both the city and the county. The percentages of residents of that age with a bachelor's degree or a master's degree was considered high for the county. The median yearly household income in 2008 dollars

348-504: A result of seasonal lag , fall is usually warmer than spring in Venice. Because of its coastal location, morning fog is a common phenomenon in May and June, but occasionally July and August, as well. Los Angeles residents have a particular terminology for this phenomenon: the "May Gray", the " June Gloom ", "No-Sky July" and "Fogust"; during these events, the fog will usually burn off by noon, but

406-434: A single lot with no parking. Current regulations mandate lower housing densities (most commonly 1 unit per 1,500 square feet of lot area). As per a 2020 count, there were around 2,000 homeless people in Venice, up from 175 in 2014. Many of them take up residence in tents and tent cities . An LAPD official said that the increased homeless population has contributed to a spike in crimes in Venice in 2021. In February 2020,

464-581: Is in the center surrounded by beachgoers in old-fashioned bathing suits, men in overalls, and a wooden roller coaster representing the Venice Pier on one side with contrasting industrial oil derricks that were once ubiquitous in the area on the other side. Senior curator of American Art at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Ilene Susan Fort, said this is one of the better New Deal post office murals both artistically and historically. Although it contains brightly colored elements with amusing details,

522-546: Is known as N. San Vicente Boulevard, with address numbers (odd) increasing from 100 at Wilshire to 300 at La Cienega. North of La Cienega, both sides of the street are in Los Angeles. The numbering continues accordingly as 400 S. San Vicente Boulevard. The street becomes N. San Vicente Boulevard at Gracie Allen Drive. As in the rest of Los Angeles, the numbers at the city's grid axis start with 100 (numbers 0-99 are not used). At Beverly Boulevard (300 N.), San Vicente enters

580-485: The 2028 Summer Olympics . Along the southern portion of the beach, at the end of Washington Boulevard , is the Venice Fishing Pier . A 1,310-foot (400 m) concrete structure, it first opened in 1964, was closed in 1983 due to El Niño storm damage, and re-opened in the mid-1990s. On December 21, 2005, the pier again suffered damage when waves from a large northern swell caused part of it to fall into

638-628: The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles , is currently undergoing a $ 140 million renovation to add 99 new market-rate apartment homes and to update the remaining 696 existing homes. A new pool, two-story fitness center, resident park and sustainable landscaping are being added. Aimco , which acquired the property in 2003, had previously been in a legal battle to determine whether or not Lincoln Place could be demolished and rebuilt. In 2010, Aimco settled with tenants and agreed to reopen

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696-540: The I-10 intersection, into downtown Los Angeles . It was originally known as West 16th Street under the Los Angeles numbered street system . The western terminus of Venice Boulevard is Ocean Front Walk in Venice. Proceeding easterly, it assumes the designation California State Route 187 crossing Lincoln Boulevard ( State Route 1 ). The route then passes through the Mar Vista neighborhood. Further east, it briefly forms

754-484: The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors conducted a $ 1.6 million replacement of 30,000 cubic yards of sand at Venice Beach eroded by rainstorms in recent years. Although Venice Beach is located in the city of Los Angeles, the county is responsible for maintaining the beach under an agreement reached between the two governments in 1975. Oakwood lies inland from the tourist areas and is one of

812-628: The Los Angeles Traction Company in 1896. An extra rail was installed in 1905, which created a dual-gauge streetcar thoroughfare which was shared with the Los Angeles Railway . The line eventually came under the control of the Pacific Electric Railway , which operated it until the end of 1950. The Venice Boulevard Local ran regular service to Vineyard Junction , while the Venice Short Line ran

870-488: The Venice Miniature Railway and gondolas to tour the town. The biggest attraction was Venice's 1-mile-long (1.6 km) gently-sloping beach. Cottages and housekeeping tents were available for rent. The population (3,119 residents in 1910) soon exceeded 10,000; the town drew 50,000 to 150,000 tourists on weekends. For the amusement of the public, Kinney hired aviators to do aerial stunts over

928-519: The "Slum by the Sea". With the exception of new police and fire stations in 1930, the city spent little on improvements after annexation. The city did not pave Trolleyway (Pacific Avenue) until 1954 when county and state funds became available. Low rents for run-down bungalows attracted predominantly European immigrants (including a substantial number of Holocaust survivors) and young counterculture artists, poets, and writers. The Beat Generation hung out at

986-559: The 1950s. The brick building's interior was redesigned by Frank Israel in 1990 as a creative workspace, opening up the interior and creating sightlines all the way through the building. Originally located at the Venice home of Pritzker Prize –winning architect and SCI-Arc founder Thom Mayne , the Architecture Gallery was in existence for just ten weeks in 1979 and featured new work by then-emerging architects Frank Gehry , Eric Owen Moss , and Morphosis . Constructed on

1044-576: The Beverly Center, A 3.2 miles linear park. Leaving only a locals utility lane for residents but a wider linear park for the city. 34°3′54″N 118°22′19″W  /  34.06500°N 118.37194°W  / 34.06500; -118.37194 Venice Boulevard Venice Boulevard is a major east–west thoroughfare in Los Angeles , running from the ocean in the Venice district, past

1102-476: The City of Los Angeles after annexation. Only through the efforts of local preservationists were the few buildings that remain able to be preserved, although many were substantially modified. Designers Charles and Ray Eames had their offices at the Bay Cities Garage on Abbot Kinney Boulevard from 1943 on, when it was still part of Washington Boulevard; Eames products were also manufactured there until

1160-641: The Gas House on Ocean Front Walk and at Venice West Cafe on Dudley. The Venice Shoreline Crips and the Latino Venice 13 (V-13) were the two main gangs active in Venice. V13 dates back to the 1950s, while the Shoreline Crips were founded in the early 1970s, making them one of the first Crip sets in Los Angeles. In the early 1990s, V-13 and the Shoreline Crips were involved in a fierce battle over crack cocaine sales territories. By 2002,

1218-520: The Penmar Golf Course but excluding Venice High School . The boundary runs on Lincoln Boulevard to Admiralty Way, excluding all of Marina del Rey , south to Ballona Creek . Abbott Kinney Boulevard is a principal attraction, with stores, restaurants, bars and art galleries lining the street. The street was described as "a derelict strip of rundown beach cottages and empty brick industrial buildings called West Washington Boulevard," and in

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1276-707: The addition of a third coaster, a tall Dragon Slide, Fun House , and Flying Circus aerial ride, it was the finest amusement pier on the West Coast. Several hundred thousand tourists visited on weekends. In 1923, Charles Lick built the Lick Pier at Navy Street in Venice, adjacent to the Ocean Park Pier at Pier Avenue in Ocean Park. Another pier was planned for Venice in 1925 at Leona Street (now Washington Street). In 1922, Venice treasurer James T. Peasgood

1334-701: The affected Olympic Park Neighborhood Council , Pico Neighborhood Council, and the Mid-City West Community Council. Money for the project is coming from these three councils and the Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles (CRA/LA). The Olympic Park Neighborhood Council is committing $ 30,000 for the project. In 2011, construction was to begin on the San Vicente median between Pico Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue sections center median. "The plan called for

1392-488: The amusement pier burning six weeks later in December 1920, and Prohibition (which had begun the previous January), the town's tax revenue was severely affected. The Kinney family rebuilt their amusement pier quickly to compete with Ocean Park's Pickering Pleasure Pier and the new Sunset Pier . When it opened it had two roller coasters, a new Racing Derby, a Noah's Ark, a Mill Chutes, and many other rides. By 1925, with

1450-542: The area, and drilling waste clogged the remaining waterways. The short-lived boom provided needed income to the community, which otherwise suffered during the Great Depression . Most of the wells had been capped by the 1970s, and the last wells, near the Venice Pavilion, were capped in 1991. After annexation, the city of Los Angeles showed little interest in maintaining the unusual neighborhood. Most of

1508-578: The beach. One of them, movie aviator and Venice airport owner B. H. DeLay , implemented the first lighted airport in the United States on DeLay Field (previously known as Ince Field ). After a marine rescue attempt was thwarted, he organized the first aerial police force in the nation. DeLay performed many of the world's first aerial stunts for motion pictures in Venice. Attractions on the Kinney Pier became more amusement-oriented by 1910, when

1566-569: The boundary between Palms and Culver City and passes near Sony Pictures Studios . Continuing northeast into the Crestview neighborhood in West Los Angeles , the SR 187 designation terminates at the intersection with Cadillac Avenue and the ramp carrying traffic from westbound I-10 . Continuing to parallel Washington Boulevard directly to its south, as it does for much of its length,

1624-416: The canals were filled in and paved over, and the former lagoon became a traffic circle. The neighborhood lacked the automobile-centric, homogeneous character that the city sought to cultivate in the post-World War II era, and was perceived as a dated, obsolete remnant of earlier decades' land speculation. Los Angeles had neglected Venice so long that, by the 1950s the neglect had led to the area being labeled

1682-653: The city of West Hollywood, where the street name and numbering do not change. The street terminates at Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood at 1100 N. San Vicente. A second San Vicente Boulevard runs between the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles and Santa Monica . This street is unrelated except in name. Local neighborhood councils and non profit green activist have been pursuing making San Vicente Boulevard's median green space more accessible. Citing lack of civic green space. Planning meetings have taken place in

1740-534: The city opened a 154-bed transitional housing shelter at a former Metro bus yard. Venice is bounded on the northwest by the Santa Monica city line. The northern apex of the Venice neighborhood is at Walgrove Avenue and Rose Avenue, abutting the Santa Monica Airport . On the east, the boundary runs north–south on Walgrove Avenue to the neighborhood's eastern apex at Zanja Street, thus including

1798-498: The city was founded in 1905. During the depression era, Upton Sinclair had an office there when he was running for governor, and the same historic building where the restaurant was located was also the site of the first Ace/Venice Gallery in the early 1970s. The Venice Post Office, a red-tile-roofed 1939 New Deal building designed by Louis A. Simon on Windward Circle, featured one of two remaining murals painted in 1941 by Modernist artist Edward Biberman . Developer Abbot Kinney

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1856-715: The county's highest. The percentage of veterans who had served during the Vietnam War was among the county's highest. Venice has been known as a preferred location for creative artists. In the 1950s and 1960s, Venice became a center for the Beat generation and there was an explosion of poetry and art, which continues today. Major writers and artists throughout the decades have included Stuart Perkoff, John Thomas, Frank T. Rios, Tony Scibella, Lawrence Lipton, John Haag, Saul White, Millicent Borges Accardi Robert Farrington, Philomene Long , and Tom Sewell. Originally established as

1914-723: The few historically African-American areas in West Los Angeles. East of Lincoln is separated from Oakwood by Lincoln Boulevard. It extends east to the border with Mar Vista . Aside from the commercial strip on Lincoln (including the Venice Boys and Girls Club and the Venice United Methodist Church ), the area almost entirely consists of small homes and apartments as well as Penmar Park and (bordering Santa Monica) Penmar Golf Course. A housing project , Lincoln Place Apartment Homes , built by

1972-477: The fog may also linger all day. The all-time record high of 110 °F (43 °C) was observed on September 27, 2010, while the all-time record low is 32 °F (0 °C), recorded on January 14, 2007. Venice is in USDA plant hardiness zone 10b, closely bordering on 11a. The 2000 U.S. census counted 37,705 residents in the 3.17-square-mile Venice neighborhood—an average of 11,891 people per square mile, about

2030-480: The intrusion of the ominous oil rigs and wells was very relevant at the time. After the post office closed in 2012, movie producer Joel Silver unveiled plans to purchase it for 7.5 million and revamp the building as the new headquarters of his company, Silver Pictures. The sale included the stipulation that he, or any future owner, preserve the New Deal-era murals and allow public access. Restoration of

2088-431: The late 1980s community groups and property owners pushed for renaming a portion of the street to honor Abbot Kinney. The renaming was widely considered as a marketing strategy to commercialize the area and bring new high-end businesses to the area. 72 Market Street Oyster Bar and Grill was one of several historical footnotes associated with Market Street in Venice, one of the first streets designated for commerce when

2146-474: The length of Venice Boulevard from Pacific Avenue to Hill Street. The narrow gauge Los Angeles Railway A Line ran on Venice between Hill and Burlington Avenue until 1946. Prior to 1932, West 16th Street ended at Crenshaw Boulevard . In that year part of the Pacific Electric right of way was taken and Venice Boulevard was cut through from La Brea Avenue to Crenshaw. At that time West 16th Street

2204-441: The medians between Fairfax Avenue and Pico Boulevard to be adorned with new trees, a walking path and seating areas. Trees and plaques at the intersections at Pico Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue, identifying them as gateways, will also be installed." Recently, neighborhood councils and activist have pushed for the closure of all lanes and expanding the park along most of the planned K Line Northern Extension route from Pico Boulevard to

2262-645: The nearly pristine mural took over a year and cost about $ 100,000. LACMA highlighted the mural with an exhibit that displayed additional Biberman artworks, rare historical documents and Venice ephemera with the restored mural. Silver has a long-term lease on the mural that is still owned by the US Postal Service . In May 2019, according to the Hollywood Reporter , Silver sold the building for 22.5 million to U.K. investor Alex Dellal and his real estate group founded by Jack Dellal . Status of

2320-462: The norm for Los Angeles; in 2008, the city estimated that the population had increased to 40,885. The median age for residents was 35, considered the average for Los Angeles; the percentages of residents aged 19 through 49 were among the county's highest. The ethnic breakdown was 64.2% Non-Hispanic White , 21.7% Latino (of any racial origin); 5.4% African American; 4.1% Asian , and 4.6% of other origins. About 22.3% of residents had been born abroad,

2378-444: The number of available housing units actually decreased, despite a massive increase in property values and construction activity over the same period. The neighborhood was developed early in the history of Los Angeles, and as such much of the housing stock predates the current system of zoning regulations by decades. In the areas along Pacific avenue, many early 1900's multifamily buildings still exist, some housing as many as 30 units on

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2436-402: The numbers of gang members in Venice were reduced due to gentrification and increased police presence. According to a Los Angeles City Beat article, by 2003, many Los Angeles Westside gang members had resettled in the city of Inglewood . Venice Beach is one of the most difficult places in the United States to build new housing due to stringent zoning regulations . Between 2007 and 2022,

2494-555: The ocean. The pier remained closed until May 25, 2006, when it was re-opened after an engineering study concluded that it was structurally sound. The Venice Breakwater is an acclaimed local surf spot in Venice. It is located north of the Venice Pier and lifeguard headquarters and south of the Santa Monica Pier. This spot is sheltered on the north by an artificial barrier, the breakwater , consisting of an extending sand bar, piping, and large rocks at its end. In late 2010,

2552-458: The partnership dissolved in 1904, Kinney, who had won the marshy land on the south end of the property in a coin flip with his former partners, began to build a seaside resort like the namesake Italian city . When Venice of America opened on July 4, 1905, Kinney had dug several miles of canals to drain the marshes for his residential area, built a 1,200-foot-long (370 m) pier with an auditorium, ship restaurant , and dance hall, constructed

2610-451: The planned renovation remains subject to further approvals. The mural's whereabouts are unknown, putting the lessee in violation of the lease agreement's public access requirement. Many of Venice's houses have their principal entries from pedestrian-only streets and have house numbers on these footpaths. (Automobile access is by alleys in the rear.) The inland walk streets are made up primarily of around 620 single-family homes. Like much of

2668-498: The project and return scores of evicted residents to their homes and add hundreds of units to the Venice area. The Venice Walk Streets are three pedestrian-only residential streets. The streets are Marco Place, Amoroso Place and Nowita Place, located west of Lincoln Boulevard and east of Shell Avenue. Los Angeles recognizes a larger North Venice Walk Streets Historic District . “The walk streets, narrower than regular streets, are too small for regulation street sweepers ," so

2726-740: The promenade that runs parallel to the beach, the Venice Beach Boardwalk , Muscle Beach , and the Venice Beach Recreation Center with handball courts, paddle tennis courts, a skate dancing plaza, and numerous beach volleyball courts. It also includes a bike trail and many businesses on Ocean Front Walk. The basketball courts in Venice are renowned across the country for their high level of streetball ; numerous professional basketball players developed their games or have been recruited on these courts. Venice Beach will host surfing and 3x3 basketball during

2784-403: The rest of Los Angeles, however, Venice is known for traffic congestion. It lies 2 miles (3.2 km) away from the nearest freeway, and its unusually dense network of narrow streets was not planned for modern traffic. Venice Beach, which receives millions of visitors a year, has been labeled as "a cultural hub known for its eccentricities" as well as a "global tourist destination". It includes

2842-695: The route proceeds between the Picfair Village neighborhood in West Los Angeles and Lafayette Square in Mid-City , through the Mid-Wilshire district, through Arlington Heights and Harvard Heights , dips under the Harbor Freeway , and continues into the heart of downtown Los Angeles, where it turns into East 16th Street at Main Street . A street railway was built on 16th Street by

2900-448: The same name runs from Santa Monica to Brentwood . San Vicente curves diagonally and intersects both east-west and north-south streets, allowing direct access between Downtown Los Angeles and Beverly Hills or West Hollywood. Locating an address on San Vicente Boulevard can be difficult as the road does not follow Los Angeles numbering conventions. The easternmost end at Venice Boulevard begins with address number 4600 and increases to

2958-509: The streets had a designated smaller-size street sweeper. According to the Venice Neighborhood Council, the area can be subdivided further into the following districts: Like much of the rest of coastal southern California , Venice has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate , with mild, wet winters and warm, dry summers. Temperatures are moderate all year, and the neighborhood boasts over 300 sunshine days per year. As

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3016-491: The west. The address numbers continue to increase up to 6600 at Wilshire Boulevard . Here, the numbering switches from east-west numbers to north-south numbers with respect to the city grid. Between Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard, the median of San Vicente forms a border between Beverly Hills and Los Angeles. The east side of the roadway is known as S. San Vicente Boulevard, with address numbers (even) decreasing from 700 at Wilshire to 400 at La Cienega. The west side

3074-747: Was $ 67,647, a high figure for Los Angeles. The percentage of households earning $ 125,000 was considered high for the city. The average household size of 1.9 people was low for both the city and the county. Renters occupied 68.8% of the housing stock and house- or apartment owners held 31.2%. Property values have been increasing lately due to the presence of technology companies such as Google Inc. (which in 2011 began leasing 100,000 square feet of space in Venice) and Snap Inc. (which formerly leased property on Market Street and Abbot Kinney). The percentages of never-married men (51.3%), never-married women (40.6%), divorced men (11.3%) and divorced women (15.9%) were among

3132-666: Was an independent city until 1926, when it was annexed by Los Angeles. Venice is known for its canals, a beach, and Ocean Front Walk, a 2.5-mile (4 km) pedestrian promenade that features performers, fortune-tellers, and vendors. In 1839, a region called La Ballona that included the southern parts of Venice, was granted by the Mexican government to Ygnacio and Augustin Machado and Felipe and Tomas Talamantes, giving them title to Rancho La Ballona . Later this became part of Port Ballona . Venice, originally called "Venice of America",

3190-428: Was convicted of embezzling thousands of dollars from the city government. By 1925, Venice's politics had become unmanageable because its roads, water and sewage systems badly needed repair and expansion to keep up with its growing population. When it was proposed that Venice consolidate with Los Angeles, the board of trustees voted to hold an election. Consolidation was approved at the election in November 1925, and Venice

3248-454: Was founded by wealthy developer Abbot Kinney in 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 Monica in 1891. They built a resort town on the north end of the property, called Ocean Park , which was soon annexed to Santa Monica. After Ryan died, Kinney and his new partners continued building south of Navy Street. After

3306-677: Was merged with Los Angeles in 1926. Many streets were paved in 1929, following a three-year court battle led by canal residents. Afterward, the Department of Recreation and Parks intended to close three amusement piers, but had to wait until the first of the tidelands leases expired in 1946. In 1929, oil was discovered south of Washington Street on the Venice Peninsula, now known as the Marina Peninsula neighborhood of Los Angeles. Within two years, 450 oil wells covered

3364-525: Was renamed Venice Boulevard. Metro Local line 33 operates on Venice Boulevard. The Metro E Line serves a rail station at its intersection with Robertson Boulevard . Venice, Los Angeles Venice is a neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles within the Westside region of Los Angeles County, California , United States. Venice was founded by Abbot Kinney in 1905 as a seaside resort town. It

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