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Abbot Kinney (November 16, 1850 in New Brunswick, New Jersey – November 4, 1920 in Santa Monica, California) was an American developer, conservationist, water supply expert and tree expert. Kinney is best known for his " Venice of America " development in Los Angeles.
Developer Abbot Kinney and Francis G. Ryan, of the firm Kinney & Ryan, acquired the deed to the coastal strip previously purchased by W. D. Vawter and named the area Ocean Park in May 1895. It became their first amusement park and residential project. A horse-racing track, pier, and golf course were built near the Ocean Park Casino.
The Million Dollar Pier was built on a wharf that had first been constructed by Abbot Kinney and Francis Ryan in 1897, [7] and abandoned in 1904. [8] The pier may have been a replacement for an adjacent, less-lavish Horseshoe Pier, [ 9 ] [ 10 ] and was reportedly based on a model in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Young's Million Dollar Pier .
The historic district is noteworthy for possessing man-made wetland canals, built in 1905 by developer Abbot Kinney as part of his Venice of America. Kinney sought to recreate the appearance and feel of Venice, Italy, in coastal Los Angeles County. The names of the canals were given by Abbot Kinney as follows: Aldebaran Canal, Altair Canal ...
Commissioned by real estate developer Abbot Kinney as part of his "Venice of America", the pier was 1,600 ft (490 m) long. [1] The Ship Cafe was built at the same time, [2] and was originally intended to be a full-service resort "with sleeping apartments, a restaurant, a kitchen, office and all of the appointments of the modern hotel".
L.A. designers Emily Current and Meritt Elliott are extending their California-cozy retail footprint, opening their second The Great store today on Abbot Kinney Boulevard, and putting in place an ...
Renters occupied 68.8% of the housing stock and house- or apartment owners held 31.2%. [26] Property values have been increasing lately due to the presence of technology companies such as Google Inc. (which in 2011 began leasing 100,000 square feet of space in Venice) and Snap Inc. (which formerly leased property on Market Street and Abbot ...
The original structure, located across from the pier ballroom, [16] burned in the 1920 Abbot Kinney Pier fire, and was rebuilt the following year as a larger copy on the same plan, [9] at an estimated cost of $40,000. [17] The new Ship Cafe opened June 28, 1921. [18] [19] The second ship had two masts, rather than the original three. [8]