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Latitude: 33.95898 to 33.99432
Longitude: -118.4381 to -118.47
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Area code(s): 310, 323, 818
Zip Code(s): 90291, 90292, 90293, 90294, 90295, 90296
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Venice California, known mostly as
Venice Beach, is a district of Los Angeles, and its' colorful Boardwalk is a
great scene: free, fun, and funky-- making the "short list" of things to do
in Los Angeles. Venice was the creation and dream of one man, Abbott
Kinney. Kinney was an investor who built a sort of recreation of Venice,
Italy including a massive systems of canals and a huge entertainment complex
that opened in 1905 and became very popular. The overly ambitious canals
were motley filled and made into streets in 1929. A few of the canals
survive and are lined with funky, expensive, and architecturally diverse
urban homes. A stroll along a couple of the remaining streets is a lesson in
architectural eclecticism. Kinney's huge Pacific Ocean Park entertainment
complex survived until the mid-1960's, eventually succumbing to competition
from Disneyland and others. The spirit of his seaside More...
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California: Southern California Region: Los Angeles County: Venice