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Location:
USA,
California, Venice
Category:
Beach
View
Description:
View of the boardwalk, bike
path, beach, pavilion area and the
beautiful Pacific Ocean.
Location Information:
Venice
is a district on the Westside of Los
Angeles, California, United States.
It is known for its canals, beaches
and circus-like Ocean Front Walk,
that features performers,
fortune-tellers and vendors.
Throughout the summer months, the
boardwalk is actively entertaining,
and this tradition continues on
weekends in the winter. It is an
important tourist attraction in
Southern California, and has
retained its popularity in part
because it is an attractive location
for walking and bicycling. It was
home to some of Los Angeles' early
beat poets and artists and has
served as important cultural center
of the city.
Venice is bordered by the Pacific
Ocean on the southwest, by the
unincorporated Marina Del Rey on the
southeast, by Culver City on the
east, by the Los Angeles
neighborhood of Mar Vista on the
northeast, and by the city of Santa
Monica on the north. Venice Beach
includes the beach, the promenade
that runs parallel to the beach
("Ocean Front Walk" or just "the
boardwalk"), Muscle Beach, the
handball courts, the paddle tennis
courts, Skate Dancing plaza, the
numerous beach volleyball courts,
the bike trail and the businesses on
Ocean Front Walk. The basketball
courts in Venice are renowned across
the country for their high level of
streetball; numerous NBA players
developed their games or recruited
on these courts.
Along the southern portion of the
beach, at the end of Washington
Boulevard, is the Venice Fishing
Pier. A 1,310-foot (400 m) concrete
structure, it first opened in 1964,
was closed in 1983 due to El Niño
storm damage, and re-opened in the
mid-1990s. On December 21, 2005, the
pier again suffered damage when
waves from an unusually large
northern swell caused the part of
the pier where the restrooms were
located to fall into the ocean.
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