Venice is a residential, commercial, and leisure seaside neighborhood in Los Angeles, California. The city is located in the western urban area of ​​Los Angeles County known as Westside.
Venice was founded in 1905 as a seaside resort town. It was an independent town until 1926, when it joined Los Angeles. Today, Venice is known for its canals, beaches, and the circus-like Ocean Front Walk, a two-and-a-half-mile pedestrian street (4.0 km) featuring players, mystics, artists and vendors.
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History
19th century
In 1839, an area called La Ballona which included the southern part of Venice, was given by the Mexican government to Machados and Talamantes, giving them titles to Rancho La Ballona. Lately it became part of Port Ballona.
Establishment
Venice, originally called "Venice of America," was founded by millionaire tobacco Abbot Kinney in 1905 as a coastal resort town, 14 miles (23 km) west of Los Angeles. He and his partner Francis Ryan had purchased two miles (3.24 km) of waterfront properties 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 colleagues continued to build south of the Navy Road. After the partnership was dissolved in 1904, Kinney, who had won a swampy land at the southern end of the property with an upside down coin with his former partner, began to build a seaside resort like the so-called Italian city.
When Venice of America opened on July 4, 1905, Kinney had dug several miles of canals to dry the swamps for his residential area, built a 1,200-foot (370 m) jetty of pleasure with an auditorium, a ship's restaurant, and a dance hall, built a hot saltwater , and built a long block of business roads with Venetian architecture. Kinney hired artist Felix Peano to design the building columns. : 22 Included in the capital are some faces, models after Kinney himself and a local girl named Nettie Bouck.
Tourists, most of whom arrive at "Red Car" from Pacific Electric Railway from Los Angeles and Santa Monica, then take the Venetian Miniature Train and the gondola for a city tour. The biggest attraction is the long beach of Venice, whose length is sloping. Houseboats and tents are available for rent.
The population (3,119 inhabitants in 1910) soon exceeded 10,000; the city attracted 50,000 to 150,000 tourists over the weekend.
Entertainment dock
Kinney Pier attractions became more entertainment-oriented in 1910, when the Venice Miniature Railway, Aquarium, Virginia Reel, Whip, Racing Derby, and other rides and game booths were added. Since the business district is only given three roads along one block, and Town Hall is more than a mile away, other competing business districts are growing. Unfortunately, this creates a tumultuous political climate. Kinney, however, is set with an iron fist and keeps everything in check. When he died in November 1920, Venice became more difficult to govern. With the entertainment dock burning six weeks later in December 1920, and the Prohibition (which began in January), the city's tax revenues were severely affected.
The Kinney family built their entertainment docks quickly to compete with Pleasure Pier Pier Ocean Park and the new Sunset Pier. When opened, there are two roller coasters, a new Derby Racing, a Noah Ark, Mill Chutes, and many other rides. In 1925 with the addition of the third coaster, the high Dragon Slide, Fun House, and Flying Circus air flight, it was the best entertainment dock on the West Coast. Several hundred thousand tourists are visited on weekends. In 1923 Charles Lick built Lick Pier on Navy Street in Venice, adjacent to Pier Park Ocean on Pier Avenue in Ocean Park. Another dock is planned for Venice in 1925 at Leona Street (now Washington Street).
For public entertainment, Kinney hires pilots to perform aerial action on the beach. One of them, the film aviator and owner of Venice airport B. H. DeLay, implemented the first bright airport in the United States at DeLay Field (formerly known as Ince Field). He also started the first air police in the country, after a sea-rescue effort was thwarted. DeLay also performed the world's first aerial action for a movie in Venice.
Politics
In 1925, Venetian politics became uncontrollable. The road, water and disposal systems are in great need of improvement and expansion to keep pace with population growth. When it was proposed that Venice be annexed to Los Angeles, the supervisory council chose to hold elections. The annexation was approved in the election in November 1925, and Venice was officially annexed to Los Angeles in 1926.
Los Angeles has annexed Disneyland in its day and began to recreate Venice with its own image. It is estimated that the city needs more roads - not canals - and most of them paved in 1929 after a three-year court battle led by the canal population. After their annexation to Los Angeles, it was the Garden and recreation department intended to close down three Venetian entertainment docks, but had to wait until the first tidelands lease expired in 1946.
Oil
In 1929, oil was found south of Washington Street on the Venetian Peninsula. Within two years, 450 oil wells covered the area, and drilling wastes clogged the remaining waterways. It was a short burst that provided the needed income to the people, who suffered during the Great Depression. The wells produced oil into the 1970s.
Ignore
Los Angeles had ignored Venice for so long that, in the 1950s, it became "Seedy in the Sea". With the exception of the new police and fire stations in 1930, the city spent little to repair after annexation. The city did not open Trolleyway (Pacific Avenue) until 1954 when state and state funds became available. Low rents for broken bungalows are particularly attractive to European immigrants (including large numbers of Holocaust victims) and young contra-artists, poets, and writers. The Beat Generation hangs out at the Gas House on the Ocean Front Walk and at the Venice West Cafe in Dudley. Police attacks often occurred during that time.
Previous gang activity
The Venice Shoreline Crips and Latino Venice 13 (V-13) are the two main gangs active in Venice. V13 dates back to the 1950s, while the Crips Shoreline was founded in the early 1970s, making them one of the first Crip sets in Los Angeles. In the early 1990s V-13s and Crips Shoreline were involved in a fierce battle over the area of ​​cocaine crack sales.
In 2002, the number of gang members in Venice was reduced due to gentrification and increased police presence. According to the Los Angeles City Beat article, in 2003, many Los Angeles Westside gang members have resettled in the town of Inglewood.
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Geography
According to the LA Mapping project of the Los Angeles Times, Venice is united in the northwest by Santa Monica, in the northeast by Mar Vista, to the southeast by Culver City, Del Rey and Marina Del Rey, to the south by Ballona Creek and to the west in the Pacific Ocean.
Venice is confined to the northwest by the city line of Santa Monica. The northernmost peaks of the Venetian neighborhood are on Walgrove Avenue and Rose Avenue near Santa Monica Airport. To the east it extends north-south on Walgrove Avenue to the eastern peaks of Zanja Street, thus including Penmar Golf Course but excluding the Venetian High School. This border runs on Lincoln Boulevard towards the Admiralty Way, excluding all the Marina del Rey, south to Ballona Creek.
Peta zonasi resmi City of Los Angeles ZIMAS menunjukkan SMA Venice seperti yang disertakan di Venesia, seperti halnya Google Maps.
Cityscape
Distrik Bersejarah Canal Venesia
Abbas Kinney Boulevard
Abbott Kinney Boulevard is a major attraction, with shops, restaurants, bars and art galleries along the way. The street was described as "the derelict of a shanty beach hut and an empty brick industry building called West Washington Boulevard," and by the late 1980s community groups and property owners were pushing to rename some of the roads in honor of Abbot Kinney. Renaming is widely regarded as a marketing strategy to commercialize the area and bring new high-end businesses to the area.
The Venice Farmer's Market
Founded in 1987, Farmers Market operates every Friday from 7 to 11 am at Venice Boulevard on the Venice Way.
72 Market Street Oyster Bar and Grill
72 Market Street The Oyster Bar and Grill is one of several historic footnotes associated with Market Street in Venice, one of the first destinations for commerce when the city was founded in 1905. During the Depression, Upton Sinclair had an office there when he was there. ran for governor, and the same historic building where the restaurant was located was also the location of the first Ace/Venice Gallery in the early 1970s and, before that, the studio of American installation artist Robert Irwin.
Historic post office
The Venetian Post Office, a red 1939 Building Development Administration building designed by Louis A. Simon in the Wind Circle, featured one of the two remaining mural painted in 1941 by Modernist artist Edward Biberman. Developer Abbot Kinney is at the center surrounded by beachgoers with ancient bathing suits, men with overalls, and wooden roller coasters representing the Venetian Pier whilst on the one hand with the ever-present oil industry differences on the other. The senior curator of American Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Ilene Susan Fort, says this is one of New Deal's better, both artistically and historically. Although it contains brightly colored elements with amusing details, the intrusions of oil rigs and unpleasant oil wells were highly relevant at the time.
After the post office closes in 2012, film producer Joel Silver announced plans to revamp the building as the company's new headquarters, Silver Pictures. Sales include the stipulation that he, or future owner, preserves New Deal-era mural and allows public access. Recovery of an almost pure mural took over a year and cost about $ 100,000. LACMA highlights a mural with exhibits featuring additional Biberman artwork, rare historical documents and Venetian ephemera with restored mural. Silver has a long-term lease on a mural still owned by the US Postal Service. Until June 2016, this building is still under construction pending, with a settlement subject to the completion of some property rights. The existence of the murals is unknown, put tenants in violation of the terms of public access lease agreement.
Residences and streets
Many Venetian homes have their main entry from pedestrian only streets and have house numbers on this walkway. (The car access is in the back alleys.) The outback streets consist of about 620 single family homes. Like many of the rest of Los Angeles, however, Venice is known for traffic congestion. It is located 2 miles (3.2 km) from the nearest highway, and the unusually crowded narrow road network is not planned for modern traffic. Given the tourist nature of the many vehicular traffic districts, its residents have managed to struggle a lot of efforts to extend Marina Freeway (SR 90) to southern Venice.
Venice Beach
Venice Beach , which receives millions of visitors annually, has been labeled as "a cultural center known for its eccentricity" as well as a "global tourist destination". This includes a promenade that runs parallel to the beach (also "Ocean Front Walk" or just "boardwalk"), Muscle Beach, handball field, paddle tennis court, Skate Dancing plaza, beach volleyball courts, bike trail and business on the Ocean Front Walk.
Venice basketball is famous all over the country because of their high street level ball; many professional basketball players develop their game or have been recruited in this court.
Many people speak Zapotec from the town of Tlacolula de Matamoros, Mexico working at kiosks along the sidewalks.
Venice Beach will host skateboards and 3x3 basketball during the 2028 Summer Olympics.
Fishing dock
Along the southern part of the beach, at the tip of Washington Boulevard, is the 'Venice Fishing Pier'. A 1,310-foot (400 m) concrete structure, first opened in 1964, was closed in 1983 due to El Nià ± o storm damage, and reopened in the mid-1990s. On December 21, 2005, the pier was again damaged when waves from large waves in the north caused some to fall into the sea. The pier remained closed until May 25, 2006, when it reopened after a technical study concluded that it was structurally healthy.
Breakwater
The Venice Breakwater is a famous local surfing spot in Venice. The town is located north of the Venice pier and the coast guard headquarters and south of the Santa Monica Pier. This place is sheltered to the north by an artificial barrier, breakwater, consisting of long sand bars, pipes, and large boulders at the end.
By the end of 2010, the Los Angeles County Supervisory Board replaced $ 1.6 million out of 30,000 cubic meters of sand on Venice Beach eroded by hurricanes in recent years. Although Venice Beach is located in the city of Los Angeles, the county is responsible for safeguarding the coast under an agreement reached between the two governments in 1975.
Oakwood
The Oakwood part of Venice, also known as the "Ghost Town" and "Oakwood Pentagon," is located inland from the tourist area and is one of several historic African-American spots in West Los Angeles, though Latin is now the majority of residents. During the age of strict agreement imposing racial segregation, Oakwood was set aside as a residential area for American blacks, who came hundreds to Venice to work in oil fields during the 1930s and 1940s. After the construction of the San Diego Freeway, which passes mostly Mexican-American societies and immigrants, the groups move further west and into Oakwood where blacks are already formed. Some White Americans (especially actor and filmmaker Dennis Hopper) moved to Oakwood during the 1980s and 1990s.
By the end of the 20th century, gentrification had changed Oakwood. Although it is still mainly Latino and African-American environments, this environment is fickle. According to Los Angeles City Beat , "In Venice, the transformation... obviously.. Houses sometimes take more than $ 1 million, and homies are displaced every day." In 2012, the Los Angeles Times reported predictions that other wine shops, cafes, restaurants and businesses opened on Rose Avenue - adjacent to Oakwood - will soon lead to other transformed Venetian streets. to an upscale area. Xinachtli, a group of Latin students from the Venetian High School and part of MEChA, refers to Oakwood as one of the last communities in California. The majority of the Venice High School student body consists of Hispanic or Latino people.
Eastern Venice
East Venice is a mixed racial and ethnic Venetian residential neighborhood separated from Oakwood and Milwood (south of Oakwood) by Lincoln Boulevard, stretching east to the border with the Mar Vista neighborhood, near the Venetian High School and Santa Monica Municipal Airport. Aside from commercial channels in Lincoln (including the Venice Boys and Girls Club and Venice United Methodist Church), this area is composed almost entirely of small homes and apartments as well as Penmar Park and (on the border of Santa Monica) Penmar Golf Course. The existing population (mainly comprised of whites, Hispanics/Latinos, and Asians, with a small number of other groups) is being complemented by newcomers who have moved with gentrification.
A residential project, Lincoln Place Apartment Homes, built by the Los Angeles City Housing Authority is currently undergoing a $ 140 million renovation to add 99 new market-level apartment houses and update 696 existing homes. A new swimming pool, two-story fitness center, resident garden and sustainable landscaping are being added. Aimco, which acquired the property in 2003, had previously been in a legal battle to determine whether Lincoln Place could be destroyed and rebuilt. In 2010, Aimco settled with tenants and agreed to reopen the project and return a number of displaced residents to their homes and add hundreds of units to the Venetian region.
Demographics
The 2000 US Census counts 37,705 inhabitants in a Venetian neighborhood of 3.17 square miles - an average of 11,891 people per square mile, about the norm for Los Angeles; in 2008, the city estimated that the population has risen to 40,885. The median age for the population is 35 years, considered average for Los Angeles; the percentage of people aged 19 to 49 is among the highest districts.
The ethnic details were 64.2% Non-Hispanic White, 21.7% Latino (of each racial origin) 21.7%; 5.4% African Americans; 4.1% Asia, 4.1%, and 4.6% from other sources. About 22.3% of the population has been born overseas, a relatively low number for Los Angeles; Mexico (38.4%) and the United Kingdom (8.5%) are their most common birthplace.
The average annual household income in 2008 was $ 67,647, a high figure for Los Angeles. The percentage of households earning $ 125,000 is considered high for the city. The average household size of 1.9 people is low for cities and districts. Tenants occupy 68.8% of the housing stock and 31.2% owned house or apartment. Property values ​​have increased 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. (who rented out properties on Market Street and Abbot Kinney).
Percentage of unmarried men (51.3%), unmarried women (40.6%), divorced men (11.3%) and divorced women (15.9%) were among the highest in the region. The percentage of veterans who had served in the Vietnam War was one of the highest in the region.
Art and culture
Venice is known as a hangout for creative and artistic. In the 1950s and 1960s, Venice became the center of the Beat generation. There is an explosion of poetry and art. The main participants included Stuart Perkoff, John Thomas, Frank T. Rios, Tony Scibella, Lawrence Lipton, John Haag, Saul White, Robert Farrington, Philomene Long, and Tom Sewell.
Other famous Venetian poets of the 20th and 21st centuries are Millicent Borges Accardi, Linda Albertano, Richard, Molly Bendall, Terry Blackhawk, Kate Braverman, Susie Bright, Derrick Brown, Charles Bukowski, Luis Campos, Exene Cervenka, Neeli Cherkovski, Jeanette Clough , Wanda Coleman, Catherine Daly, Fred Dewey, Robert Duncan, Bob Flanagan, Amy Gerstler, SA Griffin, Bob Kaufman, Lou Gluefish, Bill Margolis, Ellyn Probably, Rod McKuen, Viggo Mortensen, Holly Prado, Jack Skelley, Patti Smith, Arnold Springer, David St. John, Amber Tamblyn, Elizabeth Treadwell, David Trinidad, and Tom Waits.
Architecture
Designers Charles and Ray Eames had their offices at Bay Cities Garage at Abbot Kinney Boulevard from 1943, while still part of Washington Boulevard; Eames products were also produced there until the 1950s. The interior of a brick building was redesigned by Frank Israel in 1990 as a creative workspace, opening the interior and creating a line of sight all the way through the building.
Originally located in the Venetian house of Pritzker Prize-winning architect and founder of SCI-Arc, Thom Mayne, the Architecture Gallery was only for ten weeks in 1979 and featured new work by emerging architects, Frank Gehry, Eric Owen Moss, and Morphosis.. Built on a narrow, long in 1981, the Indiana Avenue/Arnoldi Triplex House designed Frank Gehry in partnership with artists Laddie Dill and Charles Arnoldi. Frank Gehry has designed several well-known houses in Venice, including Jane Spiller House (completed 1979) and Norton House (completed 1984) at Venice Beach. In 1994, sculptor Robert Graham designed an art studio such as a castle and residence for himself and his wife, actress Anjelica Huston, on Windward Avenue.
Art
In the 1970s, leading performance artist Chris Burden created some of his original innovative works in Venice, such as Trans-fixed . Other notable artists who manage studios in this area include Charles Arnoldi, Jean-Michel Basquiat, John Baldessari, Larry Bell, Billy Al Bengston, James Georgopoulos, Dennis Hopper, and Ed Ruscha. Hosted by the Hammer Museum for one weekend in 2012, the open Venice Beach Biennale (referring to the Venice Biennale in Italy) brings together 87 artists, including site-specific projects by established artists such as Evan Holloway, Barbara Kruger and boardwalk veteran Arthure Moore. In the 1980s and 1990s, Venice Beach became a mecca for street performances that turned it into a tourist attraction that rivals many other destinations in southern California. Chainsaw jugglers, acrobats and comics like Michael Colyar can be seen every day. Many players like Jim Rose Circus start on the sidewalk.
Music
Venice is where the legendary rock band The Doors was formed in 1965 by UCLA alumni and Venetian bohemian Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison. The Doors will continue to be inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and is considered one of the greatest rock groups of all time, with Morrison considered one of the greatest rock frontmen. Venice will also be the birthplace of other legendary rock bands in the 1980s in Jane's addiction. Perry Farrell, frontman and founder of Lollapalooza, is a longtime Venetian resident until 2010.
Venice in the 1980s also had a large number of bands playing music known as thrash crossovers, a hardcore/thrash metal jazz music. The most prominent of these bands is the Suicidal Trend. Other Venice bands such as BeowÃÆ'¼lf, No Mercy, and Excel are also featured on the rare compilation album Welcome to Venice .
Parks and recreation
The Venice Beach Recreation Center consists of a number of facilities spread among Ocean Front Walk and bike paths, Horizon Ave to the north, and N.Venice Blvd to the south. The installation has a basketball court (not illuminated/outdoor), some children play with gym equipment, handsball field (not illuminated), tennis courts (unlit), and volleyball court (not illuminated). At the southern end of the area is a famous outdoor beach gymnasium. In March 2009, the city opened a $ 2,000,000 skate park on the sand to the north. Although not technically part of the park, Graffiti Walls is on the beach side of the bike lane around the same.
The Oakwood Recreation Center is located at 767 California Avenue. The Center, which also serves as a stop for the Los Angeles Police Department, includes an auditorium, unlit light baseball, light indoor basketball court, unlit outdoor basketball court, children's play area, community room, soccer field Bright America, a loadless indoor gymnasium, picnic tables, and an unlighted football field.
Westminster Off-Leash Dog Park is in Venice.
Government
Venice is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles represented by District 11 in the City Council of Los Angeles. City services are provided by the city of Los Angeles. There is a Venetian Neighborhood Council who advises the LA City Council on local issues.
County, state, and federal representations
The Los Angeles County Health Service Department SPA 5 West Area Health Office serves Venice.
The United States Postal Service operates the Venetian Post Office at 1601 Main Street and the Venice Carrier Annex at 313 Grand Boulevard.
Education
Forty-nine percent of Venetians aged 25 and older have earned a four-year title in 2000, a high figure for cities and districts. The percentage of the population of that age with a bachelor's degree or a master's degree is considered high for the area.
School
The schools in Venice are as follows:
- Broadway Elementary School, LAUSD, 1015 Lincoln Boulevard
- The Venice Charter Anime School, 820 Broadway Street, which opened in August 2002 with 145 students, adds 140 new classes each year through 2006, when it reaches the full capacity of around 525 students. The school moved in 2006 to the Ninety-Eighth Street Primary School campus, which has been occupied by the Renaissance Academy.
- Venetian Skill Center, LAUSD, 611 Fifth Avenue
- First Lutheran School in Venice, private, 815 Venice Boulevard
- Westminster Avenue Elementary School, LAUSD, 1010 Abbas Kinney Boulevard
- St. Mark School, private elementary school, 912 Coeur d'Alene Avenue
- Coeur d'Alene Avenue Elementary School, LAUSD, 810 Coeur d'Alene Avenue
- Westside Leadership Magnet School, LAUSD alternative, 104 Anchorage Street
The Venetian High School serves the community.
Infrastructure
Public library
The Los Angeles Public Library operates the Venetian-Abbot Kinney Branch.
Fire Department
The Los Angeles Fire Department operates Station 63, which serves Venice with two ALS rescue machines, trucks, and ambulances.
Police
The Los Angeles Police Department serves the area through the Pacific Community Police Station as well as a coastal sub-station.
Los Angeles County Lifeguards
Venice Beach is the headquarters of the Los Angeles County Lifeguards of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Located at 2300 Ocean Front Walk. It is the largest seaside guard organization in the country with over 200 full time and 700 part-time or seasonal coast guards. The headquarters buildings that used to be Los Angeles City Guard Headquarters to Los Angeles City and Santa Monica Lifeguard were merged into the County in 1975.
Los Angeles County Coast Guard Protection 31 miles (50 km) from the coast and 70 miles (110 km) from the coastline, from San Pedro in the south, to Malibu in the north. The lifeguards also provide paramedical and rescue boat services to Catalina Island, with operations from Avalon and Isthmus.
The Lifeguard Division employs 120 full-time and 600 seasonal coast guards, operating in three headquarters, Hermosa, Santa Monica, and Zuma beaches. Each of these headquarters has a 24-hour EMT-D response unit and is part of the 911 system. In addition to providing for beach safety, the Los Angeles County Lifeguards has special training for Baywatch rescue boat operations, underwater rescue and recovery, rapid water rescue, rescue cliffs, rescue of marine mammals and sea firefighters.
Famous people
- Jay Adams, a professional skateboarder
- J.C. Barthel, Venice postmaster and inventory commissioner, 1920s, president of the Chamber of Commerce
- Charles Benefiel, artist
- Charles Winchester Breedlove, member of Los Angeles City Council, 1933-45, supports a legitimate tango game
- Brun Campbell, folk ragtime musician
- Emilia Clarke, actress
- John J. Coit, builder and operator of the Venice Miniature Railway
- Zach De La Rocha, musician.
- Sky Ferreira, singer-songwriter, model, actress
- Hulk Hogan, a professional wrestler
- Lennon Sisters, singer
- John Lovell, businessman, member of the Los Angeles General Council
- Ian McShane, actor
- Anna Paquin, actress
- James Edwin Richards, criminal activist and citizen journalist, editor and publisher
- Ronda Rousey, mixed martial artist, judoka and actress
- Karl L. Rundberg, member of the Los Angeles City Council (1957-65), opposed the Venice beatniks
- Joanie Sommers, singer
In popular culture
Dozens of movies and hundreds of television shows and even video games have used locations in Venice, including beaches, fun docks, canals and colonnades, sidewalks, schools and restaurants.
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