Venice Boulevard
The Venice Boulevard is one of downtown Los Angeles to Venice road leading in Los Angeles .
history
The origin of the street was a tram connection completed in 1903 that connected Los Angeles with Venice in the west. This Venice Short Line had branch lines branching off what is now San Vicente Boulevard and Culver Boulevard . This origin explains the slightly meandering street course of Venice Boulevard today. The first section of the line from Hill Street in what is now Downtown to Vineyard was completed in 1897 by the Pasadena & Pacific Railway Company . In 1902 the line was extended in the direction of Beverly Hills , today's San Vincente Boulevard. The Los Angeles Pacific Railroad, the successor to the Pasadena & Pacific Railway, extended the main line from Vineyard to Ocean Park , and in 1903 the section was extended to Venice City Hall. This line quickly became the main link between Los Angeles and the resort on the Pacific . At the Culver City-Palms Pacific Electric Station or Culver City Station for short, the Redondo Line branched off and followed today's Culver Boulevard. This transport link significantly boosted the growth of Culver City . The station building was used for various film recordings. The Ivy Substation is now part of the Media Park in Culver City and is a National Landmark . At first there was only an unpaved path next to the level rails, but later paved roads were built by real estate companies. After the end of the electric trams in Los Angeles, rails and overhead lines were removed and today's boulevard was created.
Transportation
Venice Boulevard is served by bus route 33 and express bus route 733. At Culver City Station there is a connection to the Expo Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail , which runs from downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica .
Attractions
The Venice High School building is near the intersection with Walgrove Avenue. The Loyola High School near the intersection of Vermont Avenue and the Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery are also on the road in the district of Pico / Union. The former Helms Bakery is located on Venice Boulevard near the Expo Line station . The building, built in 1930 in the style of zig-zag modernism, was a large bakery that existed until 1969 and, among other things, supplied the 1932 Olympic Games with pastries. The pastries from Helms were therefore known as "Olympic bread". In 1997 the building complex was designated as a landmark of the city of Culver City . Further west is the Museum of Jurassic Technology .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Nathan Masters, Many LA Boulevards Began as Trolley Lines , KCET, February 21, 2014.
- ^ A b Venice Short Line , Pacific Electric.
- ^ Marc Wanamaker, The Culver City-Palms Pacific Electric Station , Culver City Historical Society.
- ↑ Historic Site # 9: The Helms Building , Culver City Historical Society. (English)
- ^ Homepage of the Museum of Jurassic Technology.