Venice Beach, California
Los Angeles County · Card no. 6957
A Los Angeles neighborhood built in 1905 as a seaside resort with real canals, modeled on Venice, Italy.
- Abbot Kinney dug miles of canals and imported gondoliers.
- Most canals were paved over in 1929, and a few blocks survive.
- Muscle Beach and the boardwalk made it a global shorthand for California.
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