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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.
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".
The Toms Shoes flagship store on Abbot Kinney Boulevard was a popular coffee shop combined with shoe store. It closed in 2022. [12] Salt & Straw is a Portland-based ice-cream shop that opened on Abbot Kinney and the Venice art district in Fall 2015. The shop is a 1,035-square foot space and is located on the corner of Abbot Kinney and ...
For the amusement of the public, Kinney hired aviators to do aerial stunts over the beach. One of them, movie aviator and Venice airport owner B. H. DeLay, implemented the first lighted airport in the United States on DeLay Field (previously known as Ince Field). After a marine rescue attempt was thwarted, he organized the first aerial police ...
In 1904 Hutton was chairman of a specially appointed jury that heard charges by real estate developer and fruit grower Abbot Kinney against A. H. Naftzger. president of the California Fruit Agency and nominal head of the Southern California Fruit Exchange. He filed a 15-page dissent against the acquittal of Naftzger.
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]
Kinney Heights is a subdistrict of the West Adams district of South Los Angeles, California; Curbed also associates it with Jefferson Park. [1] Before it was subdivided the land was owned by General Hanford Gordon Lennox. [2] The area was developed in 1899 by developer Abbot Kinney, for whom it is named.
Venice Branch is a former branch library of the Los Angeles Public Library located in the Venice section of Los Angeles, California.The old Venice Branch library was replaced in 1995 by a new branch now known as the Venice-Abott Kinney Memorial Branch.