Culver City
| Culver City | |
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 The city center |
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| Location of Culver City in Los Angeles County | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1913 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | California |
| County : | Los Angeles County |
| Coordinates : | 34 ° 1 ′ N , 118 ° 24 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) |
| Residents : | 38,883 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 2,934.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 13.29 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) of which 13.25 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 29 m |
| Postcodes : | 90230-90233 |
| Area code : | +1 310, 424 |
| FIPS : | 06-17568 |
| GNIS ID : | 1652695 |
| Website : | www.culvercity.org |
 MGM Studios (now Sony Pictures Studios ), 1922 |
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Culver City is a city with 38,883 inhabitants (2010) in Los Angeles County in the US state of California .
history
The city was founded in 1913 by Harry Culver . The first film studio was built by Thomas Ince in 1915 , bought by Samuel Goldwyn in 1918 under the name Triangle Studios , and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) headquarters in 1924 under the name MGM Studios . In 1918 Ince opened a second studio, now known as Culver Studios , which he held until his death in 1924. Other well-known entrepreneurs in the film industry did the same and opened studios in Culver in the 1920s, including Silent Film and Hal Roach Studios , where u. a. the comedies were filmed with Laurel and Hardy and the little thugs .
As a result, Culver City soon became a leading center for “moving images” alongside Hollywood . With the end of the so-called Golden Age of Hollywood, Culver's decline began: Smaller studios disappeared, large studio lots were rolled down and sold for various real estate projects and residential buildings in the 1960s and 1970s; the remaining studios, however, were mostly set up for television productions.
The turn of the decline is considered to be the settlement of the film studio Columbia Pictures (later Sony Pictures Studios ) acquired by Sony in the 1990s, which moved from the shared studio property with Warner Bros. in Burbank to the former MGM Studios in Culver. This means that Culver City is again the seat of a so-called Hollywood major .
population
Population development
Since the 1980 census, the city's population has remained almost stable.
| year | Residents |
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| 1920 | 503 |
| 1930 | 5,669 |
| 1940 | 8,976 |
| 1950 | 19,720 |
| 1960 | 32.163 |
| 1970 | 34,451 |
| 1980 | 38,139 |
| 1990 | 38,793 |
| 2000 | 38,816 |
| 2010 | 38,883 |
1920–2010: census results
Town twinning
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Uruapan , Mexico -
Kaizuka , Japan -
Lethbridge , Canada -
Yanji , China
economy
In the annual financial report 2011, the city administration names the city's largest employers:
| Companies | Workers |
|---|---|
| Sony Pictures Entertainment | 6000 |
| Goldrich & Kest Industries | 1100 |
| Culver City Unified School District | 1084 |
| Brotman Medical Center | 860 |
| City of Culver City | 650 |
| Security Industry Specialists | 400 |
| Target | 400 |
| Inovel | 300 |
| Karl Storz Endoscopy | 300 |
| Kayne Eras Center | 300 |
| Moldex | 300 |
sons and daughters of the town
- Delainey Aigner-Swesey (* 1992), volleyball player
- Molly Antopol (* 1979), author and lecturer
- Drew Barrymore (* 1975), actress and film producer
- Tiffany Cohen (* 1966), Olympic swimming champion
- Michael Evans (born 1971), actor
- Jeff Fisher (born 1958), American football player and coach
- Robert M. Fresco (1930–2014), screenwriter and producer
- John Hencken (* 1954), swimmer
- Michele Krasnoo (* 1974), actress
- Ron Mael, musician in the rock band Sparks
- Michael Richards (born 1949), actor
- Sugar Ray Robinson (1921-1989), boxer
- Robert Trujillo (* 1964), musician, bassist for Metallica
- Gwen Verdon (1925-2000), Broadway star
- Debbie Watson (born 1949), actress
Web links
- Official Culver City website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ City of Culver City CAFR . Archived from the original on April 6, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
