Editing Venice, Los Angeles

{{Short description|Neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, US}}
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'''Venice''' is a neighborhood of the [[City of Los Angeles]] within the [[Westside (Los Angeles County)|Westside region of Los Angeles County, California]], United States.

Venice was founded by [[Abbot Kinney]] in 1905 as a seaside resort town. It 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  {{convert|2+1/2|mi|km|0|abbr=off|sp=us|adj=on}} pedestrian promenade that features performers, fortune-tellers, and vendors.

==History==
===19th century===
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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb2h4nb1ph/?order=31&brand=calisphere|title=Diseños : maps and plans of ranchos of Southern California, mostly within Los Angeles and Orange counties|website=oac.cdlib.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/GeoTIFF/CA/CA_Redondo_298753_1896_62500_geo.tif |title=Redondo |year=1896 |website=USGS Historical Topographic Map Explorer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://digarc.usc.edu/assetserver/controller/view/search/CHS-13060 |title=Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County |access-date=June 29, 2014 |archive-date=July 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727105850/http://digarc.usc.edu/assetserver/controller/view/search/CHS-13060 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Later this became part of [[Port Ballona]].

===Founding===
[[File:Venice Pavilion and Ship Cafe, ca.1905-1913 (CHS-2776).jpg|right|thumb|Venice Pavilion and [[Ship Cafe (Venice, California)|Ship Cafe]], c. 1905–1913]]
[[File:Venice-CA-1913-winwardave.jpg|thumb|right|Windward Avenue, 1913]]

Venice, originally called "Venice of America", was founded by wealthy developer [[Abbot Kinney]] in 1905 as a beach resort town, {{convert|14|mi|km}} west of Los Angeles. He and his partner Francis Ryan had bought {{convert|2|mi|0}} of ocean-front property south of [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]] in 1891. They built a resort town on the north end of the property, called [[Ocean Park, Santa Monica|Ocean Park]], which was soon annexed to Santa Monica. After Ryan died, Kinney and his new partners continued building south of Navy Street. After 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 [[Venice|namesake Italian city]].<ref name=alexander>{{cite book |author1=Elayne Alexander |author2=Bryan L. Mercer |title=Venice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sSPkrmbplagC |access-date=January 9, 2013 |date=February 2, 2009 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-6966-6}}</ref>{{rp|8}}

When Venice of America opened on July 4, 1905, Kinney had dug several miles of canals to drain the [[marsh]]es for his residential area, built a {{convert|1200|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}} pier with an auditorium, [[Ship Cafe (Venice, California)|ship restaurant]], and dance hall, constructed 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.{{r|alexander|p=22|q=Metal sculptor Felix Peano designed the columns and statues.}} Included in the [[Capital (architecture)|capitals]] are several faces, modeled after Kinney and a woman named Nettie Bouck.<ref name="nellie">{{cite web |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/peano-faces-venice-beach | title=Peano's Faces of Venice Beach – Los Angeles, California |work=Atlas Obscura |access-date=April 17, 2018}}</ref><ref name="MyUser_Betsysellsvenice.com_April_17_2018c">{{cite news |url=http://www.betsysellsvenice.com/venice-vanguard-newsletter-september-2005/ |work=Venice Vanguard Newsletter |date=September 2005 |title=Betsy Sells Venice |access-date=April 17, 2018 |via=Betsysellsvenice.com |quote=These cast iron sculptures were done by Felix Peano, an Italian sculptor whose work achieved more than a modest degree of fame at the turn of the century. Peano was an intimate friend of Jack London and was well known in the San Francisco Bay area. He was employed by Abbot Kinney to add his embelishments to the dream called Venice of America. The faces on the columns are classical in style, easily traceable to the influence of ancient Rome. Yet Peano did not go all the way back in time for his inspiration. He found it in a young girl of 17 who was living on the ocean front in 1904, watching Venice grow around her. "It was almost an embarrassing moment," explains Nettie Bouck. "Felix Peano was at our house, actually at that time it was the house of my future father-in-law, Mr. Bouck. I don´t know why. He just all of a sudden reached out and grabbed me. He was an Italian gentleman and very, very emotional. And he held my face, my hands, put his hands on my face and looked at it." Peano insisted that he would use those features in the work he was doing for Mr. Kinney. They showed up as the female face atop the Windward Avenue pillars. "Well, it was not a likeness of me, but the face, the contours of my face, gave him the idea to use it for the heads on the columns. There was really no big story or history about it," insists Mrs. Bouck, "except that he got a little bit over-enthusiastic I guess." |archive-date=April 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418031911/http://www.betsysellsvenice.com/venice-vanguard-newsletter-september-2005/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:Fire works display over the lake at Venice ca1915.jpg|thumb|Fireworks display over the lake at the old Venice Amusement Park around 1915]]

Tourists, mostly arriving on the "Red Cars" of the [[Pacific Electric Railway]] from Los Angeles and Santa Monica, then rode the [[Venice Miniature Railway]] and [[gondola]]s to tour the town.<ref name="Crump 1962 p. ">{{cite book | last=Crump | first=S. | title=Ride the Big Red Cars: How Trolleys Helped Build Southern California | publisher=Crest Publications | series=Gerald E. Brookins Collection | year=1962 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bPQ6AAAAMAAJ | access-date=April 24, 2023 | page=}}</ref> The biggest attraction was Venice's {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}} gently-sloping beach.<ref name="Alexander Mercer 2009 p. 58">{{cite book | last1=Alexander | first1=E. | last2=Mercer | first2=B.L. | title=Venice | publisher=Arcadia Pub. | series=Postcard History Series | year=2009 | isbn=978-0-7385-6966-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sSPkrmbplagC&pg=PA58 | access-date=April 24, 2023 | page=58}}</ref> Cottages and housekeeping tents were available for rent.<ref name="Canal_scene">{{cite web |title=Canal scene at Venice of America |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31084075 |website=Jstor |access-date=April 24, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Alexander Mercer 2009 p. 32">{{cite book | last1=Alexander | first1=E. | last2=Mercer | first2=B.L. | title=Venice | publisher=Arcadia Pub. | series=Postcard History Series | year=2009 | isbn=978-0-7385-6966-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sSPkrmbplagC&pg=PA32 | access-date=April 24, 2023 | page=32}}</ref>

The population (3,119 residents in 1910) soon exceeded 10,000; the town drew 50,000 to 150,000 tourists on weekends.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Rogers |first1=Sam |last2=Steuart |first2=W.M |date=1921 |title=State Compendium California |url=https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/06229686v1-7ch04.pdf |journal=Department of Commerce |volume=14 |pages=196}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

===Amusement pier===
{{main|Abbot Kinney Pier}}
[[File:1917.07.19 Venice Vanguard.jpg|thumb|Special edition of the ''Venice Daily Vanguard,'' dated July 19, 1913. A female figure labeled "Prosperity" is gesturing toward the [[#Amusement pier|Venice Amusement Pier]] at bottom left.]]
[[File:Several people stroll by the Dance Hall on the Amusement Pier at Venice Beach, ca.1900-1920.jpg|thumb|right|People strolling by the dance hall on the amusement pier, {{circa}} 1900–1920]]
[[File:Crowds outside at the Venice Beach Amusement Park in Venice, between Seventeenth Street and Thirty-fourth Street along the ocean front, ca.1900-1920 (examiner-m3800).jpg|thumb|right|Crowds between 17th and 34th streets, with roller coaster in background, {{circa}} 1900–1920]] For the amusement of the public, Kinney hired aviators to do aerial stunts over 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.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

Attractions on the Kinney Pier became more amusement-oriented by 1910, when 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 the amusement pier burning six weeks later in December 1920, and [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] (which had begun the previous January), the town's tax revenue was severely affected.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

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 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).

===Politics===
In 1922, Venice treasurer [[James T. Peasgood]] was convicted of embezzling thousands of dollars from the city government.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1922-12-12 |title=Venice Treasurer Gets Prison Term |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-venice-treasu/148475120/ |access-date=2024-06-01 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |pages=9}}</ref> 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 was merged with Los Angeles in 1926.<ref name=alexander/>{{rp|8}}

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.westland.net/venicehistory/articles/myths.htm |title=Debunking Venice's Historic Myths |work=VENICE HISTORY SITE |first=Jeffrey |last=Stanton |access-date=April 22, 2019}}</ref>

===Oil===
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 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-29-me-569-story.html |title=With Oil Wells Capped, Venice Beach Looks to Cleanup |last=Doherty |first=Shawn |date=October 29, 1991 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=October 22, 2019}}</ref>

===Neglect===
After annexation, the city of Los Angeles showed little interest in maintaining the unusual neighborhood. Most of 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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 3, 1939|title=FHA Area Description of South Venice|url=https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/redlining/#loc=13/33.984/-118.454&city=los-angeles-ca&area=D26&adview=full&adimage=3/76.08/-148.184|website=Mapping Inequality}}</ref>

Los Angeles had neglected Venice so long that, by the 1950s the neglect had led to the area being labeled 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 the Gas House on Ocean Front Walk and at Venice West Cafe on Dudley.<ref name=venicewest />

===Past gang activity===
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 [[Crips|Crip]] sets in Los Angeles.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}} In the early 1990s, V-13 and the Shoreline Crips were involved in a fierce battle over [[crack cocaine]] sales territories.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Los Angeles Coast as a Public Place |journal=Geographical Review |volume=95 |number=4 |date=October 2005 |pages=578–593 |jstor=30034261 |doi=10.1111/j.1931-0846.2005.tb00382.x |last1=Davidson |first1=Ronald A. |last2=Entrikin |first2=J. Nicholas |bibcode=2005GeoRv..95..578D |hdl=10211.2/1731 |s2cid=159996450 |hdl-access=free}}</ref>

By 2002, 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, California|Inglewood]].<ref name="lacitybeat">{{cite web |last=Romero |first=Dennis |title=Gangster's Paradise Lost |publisher=Los Angeles City Beat |date=November 6, 2003 |url=http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=362&IssueNum=22 |access-date=February 15, 2008 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224175403/http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=362&IssueNum=22<!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=December 24, 2007}}</ref>

===Housing and homelessness===
Venice Beach is one of the most difficult places in the United States to build new housing due to stringent [[Zoning in the United States|zoning regulations]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Kusisto |first=Laura |date=July 16, 2017 |title=Venice Beach Is a Hot Place to Live, So Why Is Its Housing Supply Shrinking? |language=en-US |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/venice-beach-is-a-hot-place-to-live-so-why-is-its-housing-supply-shrinking-1500206400 |access-date=August 29, 2022 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> Between 2007 and 2022, the number of available housing units actually decreased, despite a massive increase in property values and construction activity over the same period.<ref name=":1" /> 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 a single lot with no parking. Current regulations mandate lower housing densities (most commonly 1 unit per 1,500 square feet of lot area).<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://planning.lacity.org/odocument/eadcb225-a16b-4ce6-bc94-c915408c2b04/Zoning_Code_Summary.pdf | title=Department of City Planning - Generalized summary of zoning regulations | website=planning.lacity.org}}</ref>

As per a 2020 count, there were around 2,000 homeless people in Venice,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=May 25, 2021|title=Venice described as 'constant emergency zone' as calls grow for action to address homelessness crisis|url=https://ktla.com/news/local-news/constant-emergency-zone-calls-for-change-mount-as-homeless-encampment-fills-venice-boardwalk-crime-increases/|access-date=June 8, 2021|website=KTLA|language=en-US}}</ref> up from 175 in 2014. Many of them take up residence in tents and [[tent cities]].<ref name="THR 2019-01-11">{{Cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Scott|last2=Kiefer|first2=Peter|date=January 11, 2019|title=LA's Battle for Venice Beach: Homeless Surge Puts Hollywood's Progressive Ideals to the Test|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/las-homeless-surge-puts-hollywoods-progressive-ideals-test-1174599/|access-date=May 15, 2021|work=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}</ref> An [[LAPD]] official said that the increased homeless population has contributed to a spike in crimes in Venice in 2021.<ref name=":0" /> In February 2020, the city opened a 154-bed transitional housing shelter at a former Metro bus yard.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cheney|first=Alex|date=February 26, 2020|title=Venice temporary homeless shelter opens with 154 beds, some dedicated to youth living on streets|url=https://abc7.com/5966997/|access-date=June 8, 2021|website=ABC7 Los Angeles|language=en}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Marina Del Rey Looking South.jpg|thumb|right| Aerial view of Marina del Rey, Playa del Rey, Playa Vista, Venice Beach and [[Los Angeles International Airport]]]]

Venice is bounded on the northwest by the [[Santa Monica, California|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 the Penmar Golf Course but excluding [[Venice High School (Los Angeles)|Venice High School]]. The boundary runs on Lincoln Boulevard to Admiralty Way, excluding all of [[Marina del Rey]], south to [[Ballona Creek]].<ref name=MappingLAVenice>[http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/neighborhood/venice "Venice"], Mapping L.A., ''Los Angeles Times''</ref><ref name=ThomasGuide>''The Thomas Guide: Los Angeles County,'' 2004, pages 671, 672 and 702</ref>

===Cityscape===
====Venice Canal Historic District====
{{main|Venice Canal Historic District}}
[[File:Highsmithvenicecanals.jpg|thumb|Carroll Canal]]

====Abbot Kinney Boulevard====
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,"<ref>Janelle Brown (November 20, 2005), [http://travel.nytimes.com/2005/11/20/travel/20surf.html Venice, Calif., Is Turning Into Sunrise Boulevard] ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref> and in the late 1980s community groups and property owners pushed for renaming a portion of the street to honor Abbot Kinney.<ref>Nancy Hill-Holtzman (August 10, 1989), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-08-10-we-385-story.html Plan for Kinney Boulevard in Venice Runs Into Pothole] ''Los Angeles Times''.</ref><ref>Nancy Hill-Holtzman (February 25, 1990), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-25-we-1755-story.html Part of Washington Blvd. to Be Renamed] ''Los Angeles Times''.</ref> The renaming was widely considered as a marketing strategy to commercialize the area and bring new high-end businesses to the area.<ref>[http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures/venice/abbot-kinney-boulevard/ Departures: Venice – Chapter 5: Abbot Kinney Boulevard] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303231004/http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures/venice/abbot-kinney-boulevard/ |date=March 3, 2013}} ''[[KCET]]''.</ref><ref>Groves, Martha (October 25, 2013) [https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2013-oct-25-la-me-abbot-kinney-changes-20131026-story.html "Abbot Kinney Boulevard's renaissance a mixed blessing"] ''Los Angeles Times''</ref>

====72 Market Street Oyster Bar and Grill====
[[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 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 Gallery|Ace/Venice Gallery]] in the early 1970s.<ref name="ace">{{cite news |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2003-10-16/news/the-ace-is-wild/3/ |title=The Ace is Wild: The Doug Chrismas Story |newspaper=LA Weekly |date=October 9, 2003 |access-date=January 26, 2012 |author=McKenna, Kristine |archive-date=October 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026115912/http://www.laweekly.com/2003-10-16/news/the-ace-is-wild/3/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

====Historic post office====
[[File:Abbot Kinney.jpg|thumb|Post office mural]]
The Venice Post Office, a red-tile-roofed 1939 [[New Deal]] building designed by [[Louis A. Simon]]<ref>[https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/venice-post-office Venice Post Office] ''[[Los Angeles Conservancy]]'' Retrieved April 24, 2014</ref> on Windward Circle, featured one of two remaining murals painted in 1941 by Modernist artist [[Edward Biberman]]. Developer Abbot Kinney is in the center<ref>Tobar, Hector (November 11, 2011), [https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2011-nov-11-la-me-1111-tobar-20111111-story.html There's a special stamp on the Venice post office] ''Los Angeles Times''.</ref> 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.<ref>Groves, Martha (January 7, 2010), [https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2012-sep-07-la-me-venice-post-office-20120907-story.html Producer Joel Silver buys former U.S. post office in Venice] ''Los Angeles Times''.</ref> 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 [[United States post office murals|post office murals]] both artistically and historically. Although it contains brightly colored elements with amusing details, the intrusion of the ominous oil rigs and wells was very relevant at the time.<ref name=Vankin>Vankin, Deborah, (June 17, 2014) [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-edward-biberman-venice-mural-lacma-final-20140618-story.html "Restored 'Abbot Kinney' mural anchors exhibit on Venice history"] ''Los Angeles Times''; accessed February 7, 2022.</ref>

After the post office closed in 2012, movie producer [[Joel Silver]] unveiled plans to purchase it for 7.5&nbsp;million and revamp the building as the new headquarters of his company, Silver Pictures.<ref>Groves, Martha (October 11, 2012), [https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2012-oct-11-la-me-venice-post-office-20121011-story.html Joel Silver to put his stamp on Venice Post Office] ''Los Angeles Times''</ref> The sale included the stipulation that he, or any future owner, preserve the New Deal-era murals and allow public access.<ref>Hiatt, Anna (January 20, 2014) [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress-wants-delay-in-selling-of-historic-post-offices-until-federal-report-is-completed/2014/01/20/52c5c50c-7f07-11e3-93c1-0e888170b723_story.html "Congress wants delay in selling of historic post offices until federal report is completed"] ''[[The Washington Post]]''</ref> Restoration of 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]].<ref name=Vankin/> In May 2019, according to the ''[[Hollywood Reporter]]'', Silver sold the building for 22.5&nbsp;million to U.K. investor Alex Dellal and his real estate group founded by [[Jack Dellal]].<ref>{{cite magazine |date=July 23, 2019 |title=L.A.'s Iconic Venice Post Office Falls Into Limbo Again After Joel Silver Sale |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/iconic-venice-post-office-falls-limbo-again-joel-silver-sale-1225227 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> Status of the planned renovation remains subject to further approvals. The mural's whereabouts are unknown,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://freevenicebeachhead.org/2016/06/12/judge-garland-stumbles-over-the-venice-post-office/ |title=Judge Garland Stumbles Over The Venice Post Office |last=freevenicebeachhead |date=June 12, 2016 |website=Free Venice Beachhead |access-date=June 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613145326/https://freevenicebeachhead.org/2016/06/12/judge-garland-stumbles-over-the-venice-post-office/ |archive-date=June 13, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> putting the lessee in violation of the lease agreement's public access requirement.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

====Residences and streets====
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.<ref>Leah Ziskin (August 12, 2007), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-aug-12-re-guide12-story.html It's purely pedestrian] ''Los Angeles Times''.</ref> Like much of the rest of Los Angeles, however, Venice is known for traffic congestion. It lies {{convert|2|mi|km}} away from the nearest freeway, and its unusually dense network of narrow streets was not planned for modern traffic.

====Venice Beach====
[[File:VeniceBeachStreetballers.jpg|thumb|[[Streetball]]ers at the Venice Beach basketball courts]]
[[File:Venice Beach Skatepark P4070293.jpg|thumb|[[Venice Beach Skatepark]]]]
[[File:VSCOcam (24218805142).jpg|thumb|[[Venice Fishing Pier]]]]
[[File:Venice,_Los_Angeles,_CA,_USA_-_panoramio_(9).jpg|alt=View of mural seen over small store front businesses. Mural has a woman whose thoughts appear as text in a cloud saying "History is myth."|thumb|Samesun youth hostel from Ocean Front Walk]]

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".<ref name=CarPlows>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-venice-boardwalk-crash-victims-describe-moments-of-horror-20130804-story.html|title=Venice boardwalk crash: Victims describe moments of horror|date=August 5, 2013|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2013-aug-06-la-me-boardwalk-barriers-20130807-story.html|title=L.A. City Council calls for boardwalk barriers in Venice|date=August 6, 2013|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> It includes the promenade that runs parallel to the beach, the [[Venice Beach Boardwalk]], [[Muscle Beach#Muscle Beach Venice|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.venicebeach.com/the-venice-beach-boardwalk/|title=The Venice Beach Boardwalk |last=venice1 |website=Venice Beach |access-date=March 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321050225/http://www.venicebeach.com/the-venice-beach-boardwalk/ |archive-date=March 21, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.courtsoftheworld.com/united-states/los-angeles-ca/venice-beach/ |title=Court profile of Venice Beach basketball court |publisher=courtsoftheworld.com}}</ref>

Venice Beach will host [[Triathlon at the Summer Olympics|triathlon]], the start of the [[Marathon at the Summer Olympics|marathon]] and the start of [[Road cycling at the Summer Olympics|road cycling]] during the [[2028 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Venice Beach Host sports list |url=https://la28.org/en/games-plan/venues/venice-beach.html}}</ref>

Along the southern portion of the beach, at the end of [[Washington Boulevard (Los Angeles)|Washington Boulevard]], is the [[Venice Fishing Pier]]. A {{convert|1310|ft|m|adj=on}} 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 the ocean.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-16-me-venicepier16-story.html |title=Venice Pier's Future Still Awash in Doubt |date=February 16, 2006 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=April 4, 2019 |issn=0458-3035}}</ref> The pier remained closed until May 25, 2006, when it was re-opened after an engineering study concluded that it was structurally sound.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

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 (structure)|breakwater]], consisting of an extending sand bar, piping, and large rocks at its end.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

In late 2010, the [[Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors]] conducted a $1.6&nbsp;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.<ref>Rong-Gong Lin II (October 12, 2010), [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/10/16-million-project-to-replace-venice-beach-sand-is-approved-by-la-county-supervisors.html $1.6-million county project approved to replace sand on Venice Beach] ''Los Angeles Times''.</ref>

====Oakwood====
{{main|Oakwood, Los Angeles}}
Oakwood lies inland from the tourist areas and is one of the few historically African-American areas in West Los Angeles.

====East of Lincoln ====
East of Lincoln<ref>{{cite web |title=Venice Neighborhoods |url=https://www.venicenc.org/neighborhood-committee.php |website=Venice Neighborhood Council |access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref> 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 & Girls Clubs of America|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 the [[Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles]], is currently undergoing a $140&nbsp;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.<ref>[http://www.multifamilybiz.com/News/4412/Aimco_Officials_Break_Ground_on_the_140_Million_Re...] ''multifamilybiz.com''</ref> [[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 the project and return scores of evicted residents to their homes and add hundreds of units to the Venice area.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-may-26-la-me-0526-lincoln-place-20100526-story.html |title=Los Angeles, developer reach deal to preserve Venice's landmark Lincoln Place apartments |last=Groves |first=Martha |date=May 26, 2010 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 14, 2014}}</ref>

==== Venice Walk Streets ====
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 (Los Angeles County)|Lincoln Boulevard]] and east of Shell Avenue.

Los Angeles recognizes a larger '''North Venice Walk Streets Historic District'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Report – HPLA |url=http://historicplacesla.org/reports/acbaf607-c78b-4984-b97a-400462b4c05f |access-date=June 25, 2022 |website=historicplacesla.org}}</ref>

“The walk streets, narrower than regular streets, are too small for regulation [[street sweeper]]s," so the streets had a designated smaller-size street sweeper.<ref>"Sweeper Rolls Again on Venice Streets", ''Los Angeles Times'', December 3, 1989.</ref>

====Subsections====
According to the Venice Neighborhood Council,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Venice Neighborhood Council MAP |url=https://www.venicenc.org/ncfiles/viewPageFile/2857}}</ref> the area can be subdivided further into the following districts:
* Ballona Lagoon West Bank
* Ballona Lagoon (Grand Canal) East Bank
* Silver Strand
* Marina Peninsula
* Venice Canals
* North Venice
* Oakwood-Milwood-South Venice
* Oxford Triangle

===Climate===
[[File:Venice Beach - panoramio - tonyfurrer.jpg|thumb|Venice Beach]]

Like much of the rest of coastal [[southern California]], Venice has a [[warm-summer Mediterranean climate]],<ref name="Venice Beach climate info">{{Cite web|url=http://www.whatstheweatherlike.org/united-states-of-america/california/venice-beach.htm#:~:text=Venice+Beach+has+a+mild,northerly+located+places+in+California.|title=Venice Beach climate info &#124; what's the weather like in Venice Beach, California (U.S.A.)|website=www.whatstheweatherlike.org}}</ref> with mild, wet winters and warm, dry summers. Temperatures are moderate all year, and the neighborhood boasts over 300 sunshine days per year.<ref name="Venice Beach climate info" /> As 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 the fog may also linger all day. The all-time record high of {{convert|110|°F|°C|abbr=on}} was observed on September 27, 2010, while the all-time record low is {{convert|32|°F|°C|abbr=on}}, recorded on January 14, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/ca/los-angeles/KLAX/date/2010-9-27|title=Los Angeles, CA Weather History &#124; Weather Underground|website=www.wunderground.com}}</ref> Venice is in [[USDA]] [[plant hardiness zone]] 10b, closely bordering on 11a.<ref name="PlantMaps">{{Cite web|url=https://www.plantmaps.com/90291|title = Zipcode 90291 – Venice, California Hardiness Zones}}</ref>
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==Demographics==
{{update | section | date=January 2020}}
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 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.<ref name=MappingLAVenice/>

The ethnic breakdown was 64.2% [[Non-Hispanic White]], 21.7% [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]] (of any racial origin); 5.4% African American; 4.1% [[Asian American|Asian]], and 4.6% of other origins. About 22.3% of residents had been born abroad, a relatively low figure for Los Angeles; Mexico (38.4%) and the United Kingdom (8.5%) were their most common places of birth.<ref name=MappingLAVenice/>

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.<ref name=MappingLAVenice/>

The median yearly household income in 2008 dollars 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%.<ref name=MappingLAVenice/> 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).<ref>Donna Kardos Yesalavich (April 1, 2014), [https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304157204579475451976353312 Cut! Actress Anjelica Huston Finds a Buyer] ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''.</ref>

The percentages of never-married men (51.3%), never-married women (40.6%), divorced men (11.3%) and divorced women (15.9%) were among the county's highest. The percentage of veterans who had served during the [[Vietnam War]] was among the county's highest.<ref name=MappingLAVenice/>

==Arts and culture==

[[File:Filiferabeach.JPG|thumb|Palm trees along the Venice Boardwalk]]

Venice has been known as a preferred location for creative artists.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-snapchat-real-estate-20150331-story.html |title=Is Snapchat's rapid growth changing Venice's funky vibe? |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 31, 2015 |first1=Paresh |last1=Dave}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.virtualvenice.info/poets/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040901192537/http://www.virtualvenice.info/poets/index.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=September 1, 2004|title=Venice Poets}}</ref> 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.<ref name=venicewest>{{cite book |title=Venice West: The Beat Generation in Southern California |author=Maynard, John Arthur |publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]] |year=1993 |isbn=978-0-8135-1965-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aGOVgiSR7oEC}}</ref>

===Architecture===
Originally established as a planned city imitating Venice, Italy, Venice is home to a large number of early 1900s buildings built 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 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.[[File:052607-006-Chiat-Day.jpg|thumb|right|The public sculpture ''Giant Binoculars'' by [[Claes Oldenburg]] and [[Coosje van Bruggen]] fronts what is popularly called the [[Binoculars Building]] (originally Chiat/Day Building, designed by architect [[Frank Gehry]]), at 340 Main Street. The sculpture is listed as a Los Angeles Historic Resource.<ref>{{cite web |title=Binoculars |url=http://historicplacesla.org/reports/929ffc65-1c3a-42d3-a241-4b5a76bcf564 |year=2017 |website=Los Angeles Historic Resources Inventory |access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref>]]

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 the 1950s.<ref>Roger Vincent (July 15, 2012), [https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2012-jul-15-la-fi-mo-eames-headquarters-sold-20120713-story.html Former Eames furniture design headquarters sold in Venice] ''Los Angeles Times''.</ref> 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.<ref name="la.curbed.com">Eve Bachrach (May 3, 2013), [http://la.curbed.com/archives/2013/05/touring_3_of_venices_modern_arch_gems_of_the_70s_and_80s.php Touring 3 of Venice's Modern Arch Gems of the '70s and '80s] ''Curbed LA''.</ref>

Originally located at the Venice home of [[Pritzker Prize]]–winning architect and [[Southern California Institute of Architecture|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 [[Thom Mayne|Morphosis]].<ref>[http://www.grahamfoundation.org/grantees/4883-a-confederacy-of-heretics-the-architecture-gallery-venice-1979 A Confederacy of Heretics: The Architecture Gallery, Venice, 1979; Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles; March 29 – July 7, 2013] [[Graham Foundation]], Chicago.</ref> Constructed on a long, narrow lot in 1981, the Indiana Avenue Houses/Arnoldi Triplex was designed Frank Gehry in partnership with artists [[Laddie John Dill]] and [[Charles Arnoldi]].<ref name="la.curbed.com"/> [[Frank Gehry]] has designed several well-known houses in Venice, including the Jane Spiller House (completed 1979) and the Norton House (completed 1984) on Venice Beach.<ref>Mildred Friedman (2009) "Frank Gehry The Houses", Rozzoli, New York</ref> In 1994, sculptor [[Robert Graham (sculptor)|Robert Graham]] designed a fortress-like art studio and residence for himself and his wife, actress [[Anjelica Huston]], on Windward Avenue.<ref>Lauren Beale (March 7, 2012), [https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-hotprop-anjelica-huston-20120307-story.html Venice live/work space of Anjelica Huston, Robert Graham for sale] ''Los Angeles Times''.</ref>

===Art===
In the 1970s, performance artist [[Chris Burden]] created some of his early, groundbreaking work in Venice. Other notable artists who maintained studios in the area include [[Charles Arnoldi]], [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]],<ref>Fred Hoffman (March 13, 2005), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-mar-13-ca-basquiat13-story.html Basquiat's L.A.] ''Los Angeles Times''.</ref> [[John Baldessari]], [[Larry Bell (artist)|Larry Bell]], [[Billy Al Bengston]], [[James Georgopoulos]], [[Dennis Hopper]], and [[Ed Ruscha]].<ref>Edward Wyatt (August 11, 2008), [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/arts/design/12park.html Economic Realities Press on Artists’ Outdoor Eden] ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref> Organized by the [[Hammer Museum]] over the course of one weekend in 2012,<ref>[http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/1261 The Venice Beach Biennial] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925064245/http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/1261 |date=September 25, 2012}} [[Hammer Museum]], Los Angeles.</ref> the open-air Venice Beach Biennial (in reference to the [[Venice Biennale]] in Italy) brought together 87 artists, including site-specific projects by established artists like [[Evan Holloway]], [[Barbara Kruger]] as well as boardwalk veteran Arthure Moore.<ref>Jori Finkel (July 11, 2012), [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-xpm-2012-jul-11-la-et-cm-venice-beach-biennial-20120711-story.html Venice Beach gets a breezy Biennial on the boardwalk] ''Los Angeles Times''.</ref> In the 1980s and 1990s, the Venice Beach boardwalk became a mecca for street performances, turning it into a popular tourist attraction. Chainsaw jugglers, [[Breakdancing|break dance]]<nowiki/>rs, acrobats and comics like [[Michael Colyar]] could be seen on a daily basis. Many performers like the [[Jim Rose Circus]] got their start on the boardwalk.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

=== Venice Boardwalk murals ===
Venice Beach boardwalk murals include:
* ''Venice Kinesis'' (2010) by Rip Cronk [a revision of earlier Venice Reconstituted (1989)]
* ''Homage to a Starry Knight'' (1990) by Rip Cronk
* ''Endangered Species'' (1990) by Emily Winters
* ''Venice Beach'' (1990) by Rip Cronk
* ''Morning Shot'' (1991) by Rip Cronk (portrait mural of musician [[Jim Morrison]])
* ''Touch of Venice'' (2012) by Jonas aka "Never"
* ''Arnold Schwarzenegger'' (2013) by Jonas aka "Never" (portrait mural of [[Arnold Schwarzenegger|Schwarzenegger]] in bodybuilding pose.<ref>{{cite web |title=" Schwarzenegger Meets Muralist Jonas AKA "Never" "|date=October 2, 2013 |url=https://yovenice.com/2013/10/02/schwarzenegger-meets-muralist-jonas-never/ |access-date=November 4, 2020}}</ref> 
* ''Luminaries of Pantheism'' (2015) by [[Levi Ponce]] (depicts pantheism supporters, including [[Albert Einstein|Einstein]], [[Nikola Tesla|Tesla]], [[W. E. B. Du Bois|Du Bois]], and others)

[[File:Graffiti at Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California 02.jpg|thumb|Venice public graffiti walls allow artists to paint legally]]

=== Venice Public Art Walls ===
{{Main| Venice Art Walls}}
The [[Venice Art Walls]] were built in 1961 as part of the Venice Pavilion, a recreation and performing arts facility.<ref name="VAW">{{cite web |title=World Famous Venice Graffiti Art Walls |url=https://veniceartwalls.com |publisher=Venice Art Walls |access-date=November 5, 2020}}</ref> It was a popular hangout spot for locals owing to its proximity to the beach and large number of concrete tables. The central area of the pavilion, known as "the pit" was surrounded by flat concrete walls that made for ideal painting surfaces. The pit became a hotbed of the growing [[Graffiti in the United States|graffiti movement]] in Los Angeles in the 1970s and 1980s, with many prominent artists and graffiti crews painting elaborate pieces on the pavilions walls. The area's thriving counterculture and arts scene, along with law enforcement's general neglect of the area made it an ideal location for artists to paint.<ref>{{cite web |title=Visit or paint at the Venice Art Walls. Also known as the Venice Graffiti Walls. – Venice Paparazzi {{!}} Venice Beach CA, Photo Agency, Community Info, News, Events |url=https://www.venicepaparazzi.com/2015/11/20/art-walls/ |access-date=October 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Looking Back At Where the 'Debris Meets The Sea' – THE VENICE PAVILION WAS THE 80's/90's MELTING POT OF SKATE/SURF/ART CULTURE |url=https://whatyouth.com/76050/looking-back-at-where-the-debris-meets-the-sea-the-venice-pavilion-was-the-80s-90s-melting-pot-of-skate-surf-art-culture/ |date=May 10, 2018 |website=What Youth |access-date=October 5, 2019}}</ref> Thirty-eight years later the Venice Pavilion was torn down but some of the walls, along with two large, conical concrete structures, were maintained. They were restored in 2000 as part of a renovation of the beachfront park area at the end of Windward Avenue, and ever since artists have been allowed to paint there freely and legally.

===Music===
Venice was where rock band [[The Doors]] were formed in 1965 by UCLA alumni [[Ray Manzarek]] and [[Jim Morrison]]. The Doors would go on to be inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] with Morrison being considered one of the greatest rock frontmen. Venice is the birthplace of [[Jane's Addiction]] in the 1980s. [[Perry Farrell]], frontman and founder of [[Lollapalooza]], was a longtime Venice resident until 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://welovenice.com/2011/04/07/venice-native-perry-farrel-janes-addiction-are-back-free-download-off-their-new-album-due-out-in-august/ |title=Venice native, Perry Farrel & Jane's Addiction are back {{!}} FREE Download off their new album due out in August |publisher=WE LOVENICE |access-date=March 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313003541/http://welovenice.com/2011/04/07/venice-native-perry-farrel-janes-addiction-are-back-free-download-off-their-new-album-due-out-in-august/ |archive-date=March 13, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/home/la-hm-hotprop-farrell-20100526-story.html |title=Alt-rocker Perry Farrell breaks his Venice addiction |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=May 26, 2010 |access-date=March 12, 2014}}</ref>

Venice in the 1980s also had bands playing music known as [[crossover thrash]], a hardcore punk/thrash metal musical hybrid. The most notable of these bands is [[Suicidal Tendencies]]. Other Venice bands such as [[Beowülf]], [[No Mercy (metal band)|No Mercy]], and [[Excel (band)|Excel]] were also featured on the compilation album ''Welcome to Venice''.{{Citation needed|date = May 2017}}

===Public libraries===
The [[Los Angeles Public Library]] operates the Venice–Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch.<ref>"[http://www.lapl.org/branches/Branch.php?bID=40 Venice – Abbot Kinney Memorial Branch]." [[Los Angeles Public Library]]. Retrieved March 18, 2010.</ref>

===Street performers and eclectic characters===
Venice is well known for its street performers, or [[buskers]].  The most famous is [[Harry Perry (musician)|Harry Perry]], a turbaned, roller skating guitar player.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McPhee |first1=Michele |title=Meet the Legendary Rock and Roller Who Saved Venice Beach's Artist Community |url=https://lamag.com/music/harry-perry-rock-and-roller-busker-who-saved-venice-beach-artist-community |website=www.lamag.com |date=April 3, 2024 |publisher=Los Angeles Magazine |access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kreuzer |first1=Nikki |title=Offbeat L.A.: Harry Perry - The Guitar Playing, Rollerskating, Turban Wearing Kosmic Krusader of Venice Beach |url=https://thelosangelesbeat.com/2014/05/offbeat-l-a-harry-perry-the-guitar-playing-rollerskating-turban-wearing-kosmic-krusader-of-venice-beach/ |website=thelosangelesbeat.com |date=May 8, 2014 |publisher=The Los Angeles Beat |access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref>  Other well-known Venice street performers include the Venice Beach Glass Man,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cross |first1=Justin |title=7 amazing street performers you'll see on the Venice Beach Boardwalk |url=https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/blog/7-amazing-street-performers-youll-see-on-the-venice-beach-boardwalk |website=www.timeout.com |publisher=TimeOut |access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref> Echoman, Dr. Geek, Sid Weiss,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schuster |first1=Clark |title=Venice Bops to Beat of Local Musical Giants The J-Gos |url=https://www.maverickbruin.com/archive |access-date=18 June 2024 |publisher=Venice Vanguard |date=3 April 1997}}</ref> and the Chain Saw Juggler.<ref>{{cite web |title=Street Performers |url=https://www.westland.net/venice/performers.htm |website=www.westland.net |publisher=Westland |access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref>

Though not a street performer, [["Boston Dawna" Chaet]] was a notable Venice character in the 1990s who cut hair by day, and patrolled the streets by night on. her bicycle, assisting the local police and making numerous citizens' arrests to keep the neighborhood safe.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boston Dawna, the Batman of Venice Beach, retires |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2010/09/07/boston-dawna-the-batman-of-venice-beach-retires/ |website=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]] |date=September 7, 2010 |access-date=18 June 2024}}</ref>

==Parks and recreation==
[[File:Venice Beach Recreation Center.jpg|thumb|Venice Beach Recreation Center]]

The Venice Beach Recreation Center comprises a number of facilities.<ref>"[http://www.laparks.org/dos/reccenter/facility/veniceBeachRC.htm Venice Beach Recreation Center]." City of Los Angeles. Retrieved March 22, 2010.</ref> The installation has basketball courts (unlighted/outdoor), several children play areas with a gymnastics apparatus, chess tables, handball courts (unlighted), paddle tennis courts (unlighted), and volleyball courts (unlighted). At the south end of the area is the muscle beach outdoor gymnasium. In March 2009, the city opened a sophisticated $2&nbsp;million skate park, the [[Venice Beach Skate Park]], on the sand towards the north.<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 4, 2014|title=VENICE BEACH SKATE PARK {{!}} City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks|language=en|work=City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks|url=https://www.laparks.org/skatepark/venice-skate|access-date=February 6, 2022}}</ref> The Graffiti Walls are on the beach side of the bike path in the same vicinity.

The Oakwood Recreation Center, which also acts as a [[Los Angeles Police Department]] stop-in center, includes an auditorium, an unlighted baseball diamond, lighted indoor basketball courts, unlighted outdoor basketball courts, a children's play area, a community room, a lighted American football field, an indoor gymnasium without weights, picnic tables, and an unlighted soccer field.<ref>"[http://www.laparks.org/dos/reccenter/facility/oakwoodRC.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712040940/http://www.laparks.org/dos/reccenter/facility/oakwoodrc.htm|date=July 12, 2016}}." City of Los Angeles. Retrieved January 22, 2011.</ref>

The Westminster Off-Leash Dog Park is located in Venice.<ref>[http://www.venicedogpark.org/ Home page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127170046/http://venicedogpark.org/ |date=November 27, 2020 }}." Westminster Off-Leash Dog Park. Retrieved March 22, 2010.</ref>

==Government==
[[File:Map of LA City Council Districts.png|thumb|upright|Venice is in District 11 of Los Angeles City Council]]

Venice is a [[Neighborhoods in Los Angeles|neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles]] represented by [[Los Angeles City Council District 11|District 11]] on the Los Angeles City Council. City services are provided by the city of Los Angeles. There is a Venice Neighborhood Council that advises the LA City Council on local issues.

===County, state, and federal representation===
The [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]] SPA 5 West Area Health Office serves Venice.<ref>"[http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phcommon/public/aboutus/aboutdisplay.cfm?ou=ph&prog=chs&unit=spa5 About Us]." [[Los Angeles County Department of Health Services]]. Retrieved March 18, 2010.</ref>

The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Venice Post Office at 313 Grand Boulevard.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/11222?p=2&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Venice Post Office Location – VENICE] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210181446/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/11222?p=2&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Venice |date=February 10, 2009}}." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved December 6, 2008.</ref><ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/73309?p=2&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Venice Post Office Location – VENICE CARRIER ANNEX] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210201537/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/73309?p=2&s=CA&service_name=post_office&z=Venice |date=February 10, 2009}}." ''[[United States Postal Service]]''. Retrieved December 6, 2008.</ref>

==Education==
[[File:Venice High School (Los Angeles, small).jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Venice High School (Los Angeles)|Venice High School]]]]

Schools within Venice include:<ref name="MappingLAVeniceSchools">[http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/neighborhoods/neighborhood/venice/schools/] "Venice Schools", Mapping L.A., ''Los Angeles Times''</ref>

*Broadway Elementary School
*[[Animo Venice Charter High School]]
*Venice Skills Center
*Westminster Avenue Elementary School
*Coeur d'Alene Avenue Elementary School
*St. Mark's Catholic School
*Westside Leadership Magnet School
*[[Venice High School (Los Angeles)|Venice High School]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://planning.lacity.org/odocument/68a0ab80-79e8-4749-8f72-d454a199be7a/venplanmap.pdf |title=Venice Plan Map |access-date=August 4, 2022|quote=Venice High is indicated in dark green on map with the notation SH (senior high)}}
</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://planning.lacity.org/odocument/b1ce0423-e344-4dc1-8dfe-3f493eaddf6c/Venice_Community_Plan.pdf |title=Venice: Community Plan |access-date=August 4, 2022|page=69}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
===Fire department===
The [[Los Angeles Fire Department]] operates Station 63, which serves Venice with two engines, a truck, and an ALS rescue ambulance.

===Police===
The [[Los Angeles Police Department]] serves the area through the Pacific Community Police Station as well as a beach sub-station.<ref>[http://www.lapdonline.org/pacific_community_police_station Pacific Community Police Station – official website of THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT]. Lapdonline.org.</ref>

===Lifeguards===
Lifeguard protection is administered by the [[Los Angeles County Lifeguards]] of the [[Los Angeles County Fire Department]].

==Notable people==
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*[[Fiona Apple]], singer-songwriter, pianist.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/23/fiona-apples-art-of-radical-sensitivity|title=Fiona Apple's Art of Radical Sensitivity|last1=Nussbaum|first1=Emily|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|quote=These days, the singer-songwriter, who is forty-two, rarely leaves her tranquil house, in Venice Beach, other than to take early-morning walks on the beach with Mercy.|date=March 16, 2020|accessdate=September 6, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Margot Robbie]], actress and producer 
*[[Jay Adams]], professional skateboarder
*[[J.C. Barthel]], Venice postmaster and commissioner of supplies, 1920s, president of Chamber of Commerce<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/161172090|title=Preview unavailable - ProQuest|website=www.proquest.com|id={{ProQuest|161172090}} }}</ref>
*[[Charles Benefiel]], artist
*[[Millicent Borges Accardi]], poet and writer, National Endowment for the Arts fellow and long-time Venice resident
*[[Charles Winchester Breedlove#Controversies|Charles Winchester Breedlove]], Los Angeles City Council member, 1933–45, supported legalized tango games<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/163119377|title=Preview unavailable - ProQuest|website=www.proquest.com|id={{ProQuest|163119377}} }}</ref>
*[[Bryan Callen]], stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcaster 
*[[Brun Campbell]], folk ragtime musician
*[[Emilia Clarke]], actress
*[[John J. Coit]], builder and operator of [[Venice Miniature Railway]]
*[[Zack de la Rocha]], musician
*[[John Doan]], classical guitarist
*[[Tom Felton]], actor, musician
*[[Sky Ferreira]], singer-songwriter, model, actress
*[[C.H. Garrigues]], journalist, ''[[Venice Vanguard]]''
*[[The Lennon Sisters|Lennon Sisters]], singers
*[[John Lovell (Los Angeles grocer)|John Lovell]], businessman, member of Los Angeles Common Council<ref name=Obituary>{{Cite web|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/159985189|title=Preview unavailable - ProQuest|website=www.proquest.com|id={{ProQuest|159985189}} }}</ref>
*[[John Lydon]], "Johnny Rotten", lead singer of the [[Sex Pistols]] and [[Public Image Ltd]]
*[[Helene Machado]], All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player, born and raised in Venice
*[[Milo Manheim]], actor who stars as Zed in the [[Disney Channel Original Movies]], [[Zombies (2018 film)|Zombies]] and [[Zombies 2]]
*[[Ian McShane]], actor<ref name=Grdn>{{cite news |last=Gilbey |first=Ryan |title=Ian McShane: rogue trader |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/mar/16/ian-mcshane-rogue-trader |access-date=March 18, 2013 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=March 16, 2013}}</ref>
*[[Betty Miller (pilot)|Betty Miller]], first female pilot to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean, born and raised in Venice
*[[Berniece Baker Miracle]], author and half-sister of [[Marilyn Monroe]]
*[[Casey Neistat]], filmmaker, vlogger, YouTuber
*[[Lou Niles]], radio host of [[91X]] and executive director of [[Oceanside International Film Festival]]
*[[Anna Paquin]], actress<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/healthylifestyle/news/anna-paquin-and-stephen-moyer-get-married-2010218 |title=Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer Get Married! |journal=[[Us Weekly]] |date=August 21, 2010}}</ref>
*[[James Edwin Richards]], crime activist and citizen journalist, editor and publisher<ref name=abcnews>{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=95310&page=1 |title=Was an LA Activist Shot for His Anti-Crime Efforts? |publisher=ABC News}}</ref>
*[[Ronda Rousey]], mixed martial artist, judoka, actress, and professional wrestler<ref>VenicePaparazzi (February 23, 2013) [http://www.venicepaparazzi.com/events/ronda-rousey-ufc-157/ "Venice resident Ronda Rousey wins with an arm bar submission at UFC 157!"]</ref>
*[[Karl L. Rundberg#Beach noise|Karl L. Rundberg]], Los Angeles City Council member (1957–65), opposed Venice beatniks<ref>{{cite news |first=Jack |last=Smith |title=Bohemians Make City Hall Scene, But Lose Battle of Bongos |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 24, 1965 |page=1 |id={{ProQuest|155207409}}}}</ref>
*[[Lila Shanley]], stage name Lila Finn, stuntwoman, stunt double, and women's volleyball player
*[[Joanie Sommers]], singer<ref name="AMG">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/joanie-sommers-mn0000784759/biography|title=Joanie Sommers Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=October 11, 2021}}</ref>
*[[Teena Marie]], singer-songwriter, producer<ref name="Teena Marie">{{cite web|url= https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-teena-marie-20101227-story.html | title=Teena Marie | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=March 13, 2014 |access-date=September 13, 2020}}</ref>
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==In popular culture==
{{More citations needed section|date=January 2024}}

Venice has been the location of numerous movies, TV shows, and video games.<ref>[http://www.westland.net/venicehistory/articles/movies.htm Venice – Movie Making and TV shows at Venice Beach]. Westland.net (November 11, 2006).</ref> Common locations for filming include the piers, skate park, restaurant, canals, boardwalk, and the schools.

Some productions include the following:
*1914: ''[[Kid Auto Races at Venice]]'' ([[Charlie Chaplin]] — first appearance of the "Little Tramp" character)
*1920: ''[[Number, Please? (1920 film)|Number, Please?]]'' ([[Harold Lloyd]])
*1921: ''[[The High Sign]]'' ([[Buster Keaton]])
*1923: ''[[The Balloonatic]]'' (Buster Keaton)
*1927: ''[[Sugar Daddies]]'' ([[Laurel and Hardy]])
*1928: ''[[The Circus (1928 film)|The Circus]]'' ([[Charlie Chaplin]])
*1928: ''[[The Cameraman]]'' (Buster Keaton)
*1958: ''[[Touch of Evil]]'' ([[Orson Welles]]) – shot entirely in Venice except for one indoor scene, selected by Welles as a stand-in for a fictional run-down Mexican border town.
*1961: ''[[Night Tide]]'' ([[Dennis Hopper]], Linda Lawson, written and directed by [[Curtis Harrington]])—Shot entirely in Venice and shows the deteriorated nature of the area in the 1950s.
*1972: ''One Pair of Eyes – Reyner Banham loved Los Angeles'' – architectural critic [[Reyner Banham]] explores Los Angeles in 1972.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vimeo.com/22488225|title=Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles (1972) on Vimeo}}</ref>
*1976: ''[[The Witch Who Came from the Sea]]'' ([[Millie Perkins]], directed by [[Matt Cimber]])
*1979: ''[[CHiPs]]'' [[Roller Disco]] (Episodes 1 and 2 of season 3. Directed by Ron Weiss. Aired September 22, 1979)
*1979: ''[[Roller Boogie]]'' ([[Linda Blair]], directed by [[Mark L. Lester]])
*1979:   Incredible Hulk (Bill Bixby) "No Escape"
*1988: ''[[Colors (film)|Colors]]''
*1991: ''[[The Doors (film)|The Doors]]'' ([[Val Kilmer]], directed by [[Oliver Stone]])
*1992: ''[[White Men Can't Jump]]''
*1993: ''[[Falling Down]]''
*1994: ''[[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]'' ([[Keanu Reeves]])
*1997: ''[[Romy and Michele's High School Reunion]]''
*1998: ''[[The Big Lebowski]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Filming Locations for The Big Lebowski (1998) in Los Angeles |url=https://movie-locations.com/movies/b/Big-Lebowski.php |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations}}</ref>
*1998: [[Jeans (film)|''Jeans'' (1998 Tamil film)]]
*1998: ''[[American History X]]''
*2001: ''[[Dogtown and Z-Boys]]''
*2003: ''[[Thirteen (2003 film)|Thirteen]]'' ([[Holly Hunter]])
*2004: ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'' as Verona Beach
*2005: ''[[Lords of Dogtown]]''
*2006: ''[[Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny]]''
*2007: ''[[Californication (TV series)|Californication]]''
*2010: ''[[Billionaire (song)|Billionaire]]'' [[Billionaire (song)|(Travie McCoy)]]<ref>{{citation |last=Fueled By Ramen |title=Travie McCoy: Billionaire (Beyond The Video) |date=May 3, 2010 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zssAEMcaZzI | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211107/zssAEMcaZzI| archive-date=November 7, 2021 | url-status=live|access-date=March 8, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*2011: ''[[Wilfred (American TV series)|Wilfred]]''
*2012: ''[[Amazing Race (French TV series)|Amazing Race]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purepeople.com/article/amazing-race-ouceni-et-lassana-elimines-marilyn-monroe-ressuscitee_a110516/1 |title=Amazing Race: Ouceni et Lassana éliminés, Marilyn Monroe ressuscitée? |language=fr |trans-title=Amazing Race: Ouceni and Lassana eliminated, Marilyn Monroe resurrected? |website=[[:pt:Purepeople|Purepeople]] |date=November 20, 2012 |access-date=January 19, 2020}}</ref>
*2013: ''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]'' as Vespucci Beach
*2013: ''[[Sugar (2013 film)|Sugar]]''
*2013–2014: ''[[Sam & Cat]]''
*2009–2015: ''[[American Ninja Warrior]]''
*2014: ''[[Alex of Venice]]''
*2015: ''[[Kidz Bop 29]]'' (music video shot in Venice Beach, California)
*2015: ''Roho Ololo'' as Ro7o Ololo ([[Sandy (Egyptian singer)|Sandy]])
*2015: ''[[The Amazing Race 27]]''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/06/22/amazing-race-kicks-off-27th-season-at-venice-beach/ |title='Amazing Race' Kicks Off 27th Season At Venice Beach |work=[[KCBS-TV]] |date=June 22, 2015 |access-date=January 19, 2020}}</ref>
*2016: ''[[Flaked]]''
*2017: ''[[Once Upon a Time in Venice]]''
*2017: ''[[Ingrid Goes West]]''
*2018: ''[[Humility (song)|Humility]]''
*2018: ''Yalla Habibi'' ([[Ragheb Alama]] featuring [[Seyi Shay]] and [[Costi Ioniță|Costi]]) (music video shot in [[Romania]])
*2020: ''[[Scoob!]]''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://movieweb.com/scoob-movie-first-5-minutes-video/ |title=Watch the First 5 Minutes of Scoob!, Streaming on PVOD This Weekend |work=[[MovieWeb]] |last=Burwick |first=Kevin |date=May 15, 2020 |access-date=May 16, 2020}}</ref>
*2023: ''[[Dead Island 2]]''

==See also==
{{portal bar|Greater Los Angeles}}

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last=Deener |first=Andrew |title=Venice: A Contested Bohemia in Los Angeles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=viH13WihtW0C |access-date=January 9, 2013 |year=2012 |publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]] |isbn=978-0-226-14000-1}}
*{{cite book |last=Maynard |first=John Arthur |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aGOVgiSR7oEC |title=Venice West: The Beat Generation in Southern California |publisher=[[Rutgers University Press]] |year=1993 |isbn=978-0-8135-1965-4}}
*{{cite book |last=Schmidt-Brümmer |first=Horst |title=Venice, California: An Urban Fantasy |publisher=Grossman Publishers |year=1973 |isbn=978-0-670-74506-7}} [[Street art]] pictorial works.
*{{cite book |last=Stanton |first=Jeffrey |title=Venice, California: Coney Island of the Pacific |publisher=Donahue Publishing |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-9619849-3-9}} History of Venice with 367 historic photographs.

==External links==
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*{{Official website|http://www.laparks.org/venice}}

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|Southeast = [[Playa Vista, Los Angeles|Playa Vista]]
|South     = [[Marina Del Rey]]
|Southwest = Pacific Ocean
|West      = Pacific Ocean
|Northwest = [[Ocean Park, California|Ocean Park]]
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