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Postcard of Venice, California, from the Pier. Color photograph with a large white restaurant ship, "Cabrillo", in the foreground. People stroll on the pier and in the background is the city of Venice, California. "Made in Germany", "No. F. 209." -- printed on back.; Handwritten manuscript on back. Postmarked from Los Angeles, California on ...
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".
A&O Hostel in Berlin, the company's first property.. Founder Oliver Winter had the idea of opening a hostel after several trips through Europe in the late 1990s. There were few hostels in urban areas in Germany at that time; hostels in Germany were mostly situated in suburban or rural areas and were run by the German Youth Hostel Association; this was a problem for foreign travellers, because ...
From Newport Beach, California, to Newport, Rhode Island, scroll for our favorite American beach towns that look like the best travel destinations in Europe.
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.
Constructed by Abbot Kinney beginning in 1903, the restaurant was designed to be a feature of the resort town of Venice. [5] A "first draft" of the Ship Cafe was washed away by a sea storm on March 13, 1905; Kinney hired 600 laborers to rebuild it in time for a summer opening. [6]
Like a more grown-up version of a hostel, Stay Open blends elements of Japan's capsule hotels and more recent co-living experiments. ... This Venice Beach pod hotel wants to make sleeping in a box ...
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 is a popular famous activity. Abbot Kinney is a famous shopping destination for travelers and locals, and is located blocks away from Venice Beach. The clothing shops range from surf tees ...