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Mission Pacific Hotel. Why We Recommend It: surfing town, foodie destination Attractions We Love: California Surf Museum, Mission San Luis Del Rey Favorite Beach: Oceanside City Beach This low-key ...
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) For the record : 10:52 a.m. May 31, 2023 : An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Steve Shpilsky financed and developed the Waldorf Astoria ...
Venice Beach is located just minutes away from Abbot Kinney boulevard and offers a variety of activities and has one of the greatest beaches in Los Angeles according to Discover Los Angeles. The Venice Breakwater is a popular and favorite local spot which was built by Abbot Kinney in 1905. Its purpose is to protect the amusement pier. Surfing ...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (Miracle Mile) Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial * Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) (Westchester, Los Angeles) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (south of Downtown) Los Angeles Nurses' Club * Los Angeles River bicycle path; Los Angeles State Historic Park; Los Angeles Zoo (Griffith Park)
Venice, originally called "Venice of America", was founded by wealthy developer Abbot Kinney in 1905 as a beach resort town, 14 miles (23 km) west of Los Angeles. He and his partner Francis Ryan had bought 2 miles (3 km) of ocean-front property south of Santa Monica in 1891.
Circa 1975, when the city of Los Angeles handed over management of the “lifeguards, maintenance, parking and concessions” at their beaches to the county, the department oversaw 73 mi (117 km) of the 76.5 mi (123.1 km) of beaches in the county, including 38 mi (61 km) miles of “improved beaches.” [8]
The Beach Cities are a collection of three independently incorporated oceanfront cities in Los Angeles County south of El Segundo and north of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, comprising the cities of Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Redondo Beach. [4] They occupy the majority of the south end of Santa Monica Bay.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Beaches of Southern California. It includes beaches that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Beaches of Los Angeles County, California"