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Venice is a residential, commercial, and recreational beachfront neighborhood in the Westside district of the city of Los Angeles, California.
Venice was founded in 1905 as a seaside resort town. It was an independent city until 1926, when it was annexed by Los Angeles. Today, Venice is known for its canals, beaches and lively Ocean Front Walk, a 2.5 mile (pedestrian only) promenade that features performers, artists, vendors, fortune-tellers and other unique acts.
Venice, originally called “Venice of America,” was founded by tobacco millionaire Abbot Kinney in 1905 as a beach resort town, 14 miles west of LA. He and his partner Francis Ryan had bought two miles of oceanfront property south of Santa Monica in 1891. They built a resort town on the north end of the property, called “Ocean Park” which was soon annexed to Santa Monica.
When Venice of America opened on July 4, 1905, Kinney had dug several miles of canals to drain the marshes for his residential area, built a 1,200-foot long pier with an auditorium, dance hall, a ship restaurant
The community seceded from Santa Monica in 1911. The population (3,119 residents in 1910) soon exceeded 10,000 and the town drew 50,000 to 150,000 tourists on weekends.
(source: wikipedia)
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